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Personal info

Full name
GRITSONIS, Nickolas C
Date of birth
26 May 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16034619
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of Alte Mellum Island, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 4 23

Immediate family

Members
Constantine Gritsonis (father)
Katherine G. (Kakaris) Gritsonis (mother)
John C. Gritsonis (brother)
Alexander Gritsonis (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23832
Data
Type: B-24
Nickname: Maggie
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 15585

More information

S/Sgt Nickolas C. Gritsonis enlisted on 6 Septembe 1941 in Chicago, Illinois.

The aircraft was badly damaged from enemy fighters. All crew members bailed out about 10 minutes away from the target area into the North Sea. They came all down in the vicinity of Alte Mellum island, but into the water.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938 / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; ArmyAirforce Forum / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - SW