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MANCINA, John - Date of
birth
7 January 1912 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Sunnyside, Carbon County, Utah -
Hometown
Price, Carbon County, Utah
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39829787 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
339th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Waddenzee, approximately 2 miles northwest of Harlingen, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Fred Mancina (father)
Paul A. Mancina (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31113 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Zilch
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1564
More information
T/Sgt John Mancina was a graduate from Carbon High School and worked at the Price Commercial Bank and Consummers Mine.He enlisted in Salt Lake City, Utah on 7 August 1942.
The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft. One engine was knocked off the ship, falling on aircraft no # 42-30872. Both airplanes went down. No parachutes were seen.
The entire crew of both airplanes was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.footnote.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Military Records, The Salt Lake Tribune, www.8thafhs.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Carbon County School District