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BADURA, John - Date of
birth
11 January 1919 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York -
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1177719 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Liaison Pilot -
Unit
HQ Battery,
690th Field Artillery Battalion,
Operations Platoon
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 January 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph Badura (father)
Isadora (Borowicz) Badura (mother)
Stephany Badura (sister)
Joseph Badura (brother)
Stanley Badura (brother)
Sophia Badura (sister)
Edward Badura (brother)
Peter Badura (brother)
Julia A. Badura (sister)
Mary Badura (sister)
Frances Badura (sister)
Connie (Douglas) Badura (wife)
More information
1st Lt John Badura graduated from East Evening High School and attended the College of Forestry at Syracuse University. He had been employed by H.B. Graves Company.He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 28 July 1941 and was sent overseas in February 1943.
Lt Badura was killed when his airplane was hit by enemy machine gun fire on a patrol flight over the Rur River, Germany.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle
Photo source: Peter Schouteten