511 BS 351 BG, # 43-37520
Members of the Uttley Crew:
1Lt. George W. Uttley, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Charles W. Hayes, Co-Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Milton A. Sheir, Navigator, POW.
SSgt. James Ralston, Jr., Bombardier, KIA.
SSgt. Cecil F. Badgett, Top Turret Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Alvin Bernstein, Radio Operator, POW.
Sgt. William T. Saunders, Left Waist Gunner, KIA.
Unmanned, Right Waist Gunner.
Sgt. Joe Garza, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA.
Sgt. Marion C. Coverdale, Tail Gunner, KIA.
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Weslaco Soldier's Reburial Tuesday
WESLACO - Military reburial rites will be held next week for Sgt. Joe L. Garza, Weslaco soldier killed over Germany on Aug. 7, 1944. Rites tentatively have been set for Tuesday. Sgt. Garza, 22 at the time of his death, was an aerial gunner on a B-24. The Joe Garza Catholic War Veterans post in Weslaco was named for Garza. The Catholic War Veterans, commanded by Manuel Garza, and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate in the graveside services at the Weslaco cemetery. Prior to graveside services, rites will be held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with the Rev. Father James R. Cassidy officiating. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andres Garza; his brother, Jesus, of Monterrey, Mexico, and his sister, Maria, of Weslaco. (Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, Saturday, August 19, 1950, p. 7, Col. 6)
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #38462405
Enlistment Date: 06/11/1943
311th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Joe Garza is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Hidalgo County, Texas. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.
World War II Draft Cards Young men, 1940-1947, lists his DOB as 04/09/1924 in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. Residence listed as 201 Texas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas. Contact person listed as Andrew Garza (father) of same address. Employed by Weslaco Grocery Store.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his burial location as Weslaco Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas. Form signed for by Andrews Garza of 101 Kansas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas on 08/23/1950.
Information below gleaned from:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/115874
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed at Wilhelmshorst on 8/6/44 in B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress #43-37920. Ball Turret Gunner - Sgt. Garza, Joe, Died of wounds as Prisoner of War at Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13. Missing Air Crew Report #7585.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
Suggested edit: U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Joe Garza
Residence Place: Texas, USA
Report Date: 6 Aug 1944
Latest Report Date: Aug 1944
Grade: Sergeant
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Contributor: James Durham (46994633)
Members of the Uttley Crew:
1Lt. George W. Uttley, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Charles W. Hayes, Co-Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Milton A. Sheir, Navigator, POW.
SSgt. James Ralston, Jr., Bombardier, KIA.
SSgt. Cecil F. Badgett, Top Turret Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Alvin Bernstein, Radio Operator, POW.
Sgt. William T. Saunders, Left Waist Gunner, KIA.
Unmanned, Right Waist Gunner.
Sgt. Joe Garza, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA.
Sgt. Marion C. Coverdale, Tail Gunner, KIA.
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Weslaco Soldier's Reburial Tuesday
WESLACO - Military reburial rites will be held next week for Sgt. Joe L. Garza, Weslaco soldier killed over Germany on Aug. 7, 1944. Rites tentatively have been set for Tuesday. Sgt. Garza, 22 at the time of his death, was an aerial gunner on a B-24. The Joe Garza Catholic War Veterans post in Weslaco was named for Garza. The Catholic War Veterans, commanded by Manuel Garza, and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate in the graveside services at the Weslaco cemetery. Prior to graveside services, rites will be held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with the Rev. Father James R. Cassidy officiating. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andres Garza; his brother, Jesus, of Monterrey, Mexico, and his sister, Maria, of Weslaco. (Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, Saturday, August 19, 1950, p. 7, Col. 6)
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #38462405
Enlistment Date: 06/11/1943
311th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Joe Garza is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Hidalgo County, Texas. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.
World War II Draft Cards Young men, 1940-1947, lists his DOB as 04/09/1924 in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. Residence listed as 201 Texas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas. Contact person listed as Andrew Garza (father) of same address. Employed by Weslaco Grocery Store.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his burial location as Weslaco Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas. Form signed for by Andrews Garza of 101 Kansas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas on 08/23/1950.
Information below gleaned from:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/115874
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed at Wilhelmshorst on 8/6/44 in B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress #43-37920. Ball Turret Gunner - Sgt. Garza, Joe, Died of wounds as Prisoner of War at Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13. Missing Air Crew Report #7585.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
Suggested edit: U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Joe Garza
Residence Place: Texas, USA
Report Date: 6 Aug 1944
Latest Report Date: Aug 1944
Grade: Sergeant
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Contributor: James Durham (46994633)
511 BS 351 BG, # 43-37520
Members of the Uttley Crew:
1Lt. George W. Uttley, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Charles W. Hayes, Co-Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Milton A. Sheir, Navigator, POW.
SSgt. James Ralston, Jr., Bombardier, KIA.
SSgt. Cecil F. Badgett, Top Turret Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Alvin Bernstein, Radio Operator, POW.
Sgt. William T. Saunders, Left Waist Gunner, KIA.
Unmanned, Right Waist Gunner.
Sgt. Joe Garza, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA.
Sgt. Marion C. Coverdale, Tail Gunner, KIA.
************************************************************
Weslaco Soldier's Reburial Tuesday
WESLACO - Military reburial rites will be held next week for Sgt. Joe L. Garza, Weslaco soldier killed over Germany on Aug. 7, 1944. Rites tentatively have been set for Tuesday. Sgt. Garza, 22 at the time of his death, was an aerial gunner on a B-24. The Joe Garza Catholic War Veterans post in Weslaco was named for Garza. The Catholic War Veterans, commanded by Manuel Garza, and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate in the graveside services at the Weslaco cemetery. Prior to graveside services, rites will be held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with the Rev. Father James R. Cassidy officiating. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andres Garza; his brother, Jesus, of Monterrey, Mexico, and his sister, Maria, of Weslaco. (Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, Saturday, August 19, 1950, p. 7, Col. 6)
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #38462405
Enlistment Date: 06/11/1943
311th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Joe Garza is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Hidalgo County, Texas. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.
World War II Draft Cards Young men, 1940-1947, lists his DOB as 04/09/1924 in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. Residence listed as 201 Texas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas. Contact person listed as Andrew Garza (father) of same address. Employed by Weslaco Grocery Store.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his burial location as Weslaco Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas. Form signed for by Andrews Garza of 101 Kansas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas on 08/23/1950.
Information below gleaned from:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/115874
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed at Wilhelmshorst on 8/6/44 in B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress #43-37920. Ball Turret Gunner - Sgt. Garza, Joe, Died of wounds as Prisoner of War at Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13. Missing Air Crew Report #7585.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
Suggested edit: U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Joe Garza
Residence Place: Texas, USA
Report Date: 6 Aug 1944
Latest Report Date: Aug 1944
Grade: Sergeant
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Contributor: James Durham (46994633)
Members of the Uttley Crew:
1Lt. George W. Uttley, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Charles W. Hayes, Co-Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Milton A. Sheir, Navigator, POW.
SSgt. James Ralston, Jr., Bombardier, KIA.
SSgt. Cecil F. Badgett, Top Turret Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Alvin Bernstein, Radio Operator, POW.
Sgt. William T. Saunders, Left Waist Gunner, KIA.
Unmanned, Right Waist Gunner.
Sgt. Joe Garza, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA.
Sgt. Marion C. Coverdale, Tail Gunner, KIA.
************************************************************
Weslaco Soldier's Reburial Tuesday
WESLACO - Military reburial rites will be held next week for Sgt. Joe L. Garza, Weslaco soldier killed over Germany on Aug. 7, 1944. Rites tentatively have been set for Tuesday. Sgt. Garza, 22 at the time of his death, was an aerial gunner on a B-24. The Joe Garza Catholic War Veterans post in Weslaco was named for Garza. The Catholic War Veterans, commanded by Manuel Garza, and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate in the graveside services at the Weslaco cemetery. Prior to graveside services, rites will be held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with the Rev. Father James R. Cassidy officiating. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andres Garza; his brother, Jesus, of Monterrey, Mexico, and his sister, Maria, of Weslaco. (Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, Saturday, August 19, 1950, p. 7, Col. 6)
*************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #38462405
Enlistment Date: 06/11/1943
311th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Joe Garza is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Hidalgo County, Texas. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.
World War II Draft Cards Young men, 1940-1947, lists his DOB as 04/09/1924 in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. Residence listed as 201 Texas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas. Contact person listed as Andrew Garza (father) of same address. Employed by Weslaco Grocery Store.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his burial location as Weslaco Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas. Form signed for by Andrews Garza of 101 Kansas Avenue, Weslaco, Texas on 08/23/1950.
Information below gleaned from:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/115874
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed at Wilhelmshorst on 8/6/44 in B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress #43-37920. Ball Turret Gunner - Sgt. Garza, Joe, Died of wounds as Prisoner of War at Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13. Missing Air Crew Report #7585.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and adding the obituary to it***
Suggested edit: U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Joe Garza
Residence Place: Texas, USA
Report Date: 6 Aug 1944
Latest Report Date: Aug 1944
Grade: Sergeant
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: Reserve Lazaret Biesdorf (Hospital #128) (Serves Stalag 3-D) Berlin Prussia 52-13
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Contributor: James Durham (46994633)
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