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PRICE, George Burroughs - Date of
birth
10 June 1920 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Wayside, Monmouth County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12034269 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner -
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
14 May 1943 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
George Price (father)
Charlotte (French) Price (mother)
Frieda E. Price (sister)
Mary E. Price (sister)
John W. Price (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-23807 -
Data
Type: B-24
Nickname: Little Beaver
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Krupp submarine works.
MACR: 12197
More information
T/Sgt George B. Price graduated from Asbury Park high school and was employed as an assistant manager at the St. James theater and assistant bookkeeper with the Coast Cigarette company.He enlisted in the army air corps in October 1941.
T/Sgt Price flew 18 Missions.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Kent Phillips, www.wwiimemorial.com, Fold3.com, www.8thairforce.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Asbury Park Press, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Kent Phillips, www.newspapers.com - Asbury Park Press