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Personal info

Full name
LACEK, Anthony Joseph
Date of birth
4 July 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32236430
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1942
Place of death
Lille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 12 31

Immediate family

Members
John Lacek (father)
Katarina Lacek (mother)
John J. Lacek (brother)
Sophie Lacek (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24472
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Lille, France
Mission: Bombing of the Ateliers D'Hellemmes, locomotive industry
MACR: 16133

More information

S/Sgt Anthony J. Lacek attended St. Mary's High School and was a stock clerk before he enlisted at fort Dix, New Jersey on 12 February 1942.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters and also hit by flak. It was probably shot down by Lt. Gerhard Seifert of the 8/JG 26. It crashed near the target.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com, www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - St. Mary's High School Yearbook 1944