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Personal info

Full name
O'HARA, John Harold
Date of birth
17 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada
Hometown
San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39114719
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
790th Bombardment Squadron,
467th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 August 1944
Place of death
6 miles southeast of Wesermunde, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 28 5

Immediate family

Members
Hugh O'Hara (father)
Anne O'Hara (mother)
Hubert O'Hara (brother)
Thomas O'Hara (brother)
Anne M. O'Hara (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95162
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Perils of Pauline
Destinantion: Brunswick, Germany
MACR: 7375

More information

S/Sgt John H. O'Hara attended University of California.

He joined the Army 23 November 1942 in San Francisco, California.

I last saw Lt Love's aircraft at the I.P. at which time he dropped back out of our formation. He had dropped out of formation several times before evidently having trouble with #2 engine which was smoking, but not violently. The last time he dropped out which was just about the I.P. That is the last we saw of him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, MACR 7375, WWII Draft Card, San Francisco Examiner - 26 August 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten