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SGT Albert R Carroccia

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SGT Albert R Carroccia Veteran

Birth
Palermo, Oswego County, New York, USA
Death
28 May 1944 (aged 28)
Beucha (Brandis), Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Burial
Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION F SITE 1091
Memorial ID
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Sergeant, 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, World War II.

Waist gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107028. Shot down by enemy fighter and crashed near Beucha, west of Wolfsheim, eight miles east of Leipzig, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and three survived and were taken as prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report 5340.

KIA were:

2nd Lt. James A McCamy, O-757893, AL, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Jackson Palmer Jr, O-703788, NY, Navigator
2nd Lt. Ervin J Pfahler, O-695081, OH, Co-Pilot
S/Sgt. Milton C Hendrickson, 6999785, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Acel E Livingston, 39835517, UT, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Manuel S Vasquez, 39693071, CA, Ball Turret Gunner
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Albert was a resident of Omaha, NE. Husband of Evelyn Anne Carroccia and Son of Ralph Carroccia.
Sergeant, 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, World War II.

Waist gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107028. Shot down by enemy fighter and crashed near Beucha, west of Wolfsheim, eight miles east of Leipzig, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and three survived and were taken as prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report 5340.

KIA were:

2nd Lt. James A McCamy, O-757893, AL, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Jackson Palmer Jr, O-703788, NY, Navigator
2nd Lt. Ervin J Pfahler, O-695081, OH, Co-Pilot
S/Sgt. Milton C Hendrickson, 6999785, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Acel E Livingston, 39835517, UT, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Manuel S Vasquez, 39693071, CA, Ball Turret Gunner
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Albert was a resident of Omaha, NE. Husband of Evelyn Anne Carroccia and Son of Ralph Carroccia.

Inscription

SGT, 358 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Burial December 17, 1948.



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