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Personal info

Full name
HASSEBROCK, Oscar Henry
Date of birth
26 August 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Hebron, Stark County, North Dakota
Hometown
Stark County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37303273
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 October 1943
Place of death
Area of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 42 45

Immediate family

Members
William H. Hassebrock (father)
Anna (Treiber) Hassebrock (mother)
Henry Hassebrock (brother)
Esther Hassebrock (sister)
Carl Hassebrock (brother)
Gustave Hassebrock (brother)
George Hassebrock (brother)
Albert Hassebrock (brother)
Lorraine Hassebrock (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30367
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
MACR: 852

More information

Hit by fighter and going down.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, wwww.findagrave.com