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Personal info

Full name
ROCK, Lawrence Joseph
Date of birth
1 August 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Trumbull County, Ohio
Hometown
Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15377582
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Turret Gunner
Unit
332nd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
29 April 1944
Place of death
North Sea, 5 km west of Texel, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Angelo P. Rock (father)
Mary Rock (mother)
P. Anthony Rock (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102520
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin & return
Mission: Operational
MACR: 4468

More information

S/Sgt Rock attended Hubbard High School. He enlisted on 9 December 1942 in Miami Beach, Florida.

The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com Ohio Birth Index/World War II Young American Patriots/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Chris van der Linden