Sgt USAAF WWII
S/N 38249797
447th BG, 710th B Sq
He was the son of August Phillip Kirchoff and Anna M Wendel of Kimble and Gillespie Counties, TX. He had siblings Helen and Elizabeth. He is also memorialized in the family cemetery Sgt Kirchhoff - Greenwood Cemetery Gillespie Co TX.
He entered the service from Kimble County, TX.
He was lost when B-17G #42-31219 crashed over Lake Melville, 30 miles north of Goose Bay, Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada when en route upon deployment to Rattlesden Air Base, England.
The crew is listed here in the virtual cemetery for B-17G #42-31219. All but one of the crew, Sgt Lorenz A Kirchoff, is believed to have been recovered.
*Several listings have his middle initial as 'E', his military information lists his middle initial as 'A' and his last name only having one 'h'. Based on comprehensive available information, it is believed this is the same person.
S/N 38249797
447th BG, 710th B Sq
He was the son of August Phillip Kirchoff and Anna M Wendel of Kimble and Gillespie Counties, TX. He had siblings Helen and Elizabeth. He is also memorialized in the family cemetery Sgt Kirchhoff - Greenwood Cemetery Gillespie Co TX.
He entered the service from Kimble County, TX.
He was lost when B-17G #42-31219 crashed over Lake Melville, 30 miles north of Goose Bay, Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada when en route upon deployment to Rattlesden Air Base, England.
The crew is listed here in the virtual cemetery for B-17G #42-31219. All but one of the crew, Sgt Lorenz A Kirchoff, is believed to have been recovered.
*Several listings have his middle initial as 'E', his military information lists his middle initial as 'A' and his last name only having one 'h'. Based on comprehensive available information, it is believed this is the same person.
Sgt USAAF WWII
S/N 38249797
447th BG, 710th B Sq
He was the son of August Phillip Kirchoff and Anna M Wendel of Kimble and Gillespie Counties, TX. He had siblings Helen and Elizabeth. He is also memorialized in the family cemetery Sgt Kirchhoff - Greenwood Cemetery Gillespie Co TX.
He entered the service from Kimble County, TX.
He was lost when B-17G #42-31219 crashed over Lake Melville, 30 miles north of Goose Bay, Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada when en route upon deployment to Rattlesden Air Base, England.
The crew is listed here in the virtual cemetery for B-17G #42-31219. All but one of the crew, Sgt Lorenz A Kirchoff, is believed to have been recovered.
*Several listings have his middle initial as 'E', his military information lists his middle initial as 'A' and his last name only having one 'h'. Based on comprehensive available information, it is believed this is the same person.
S/N 38249797
447th BG, 710th B Sq
He was the son of August Phillip Kirchoff and Anna M Wendel of Kimble and Gillespie Counties, TX. He had siblings Helen and Elizabeth. He is also memorialized in the family cemetery Sgt Kirchhoff - Greenwood Cemetery Gillespie Co TX.
He entered the service from Kimble County, TX.
He was lost when B-17G #42-31219 crashed over Lake Melville, 30 miles north of Goose Bay, Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada when en route upon deployment to Rattlesden Air Base, England.
The crew is listed here in the virtual cemetery for B-17G #42-31219. All but one of the crew, Sgt Lorenz A Kirchoff, is believed to have been recovered.
*Several listings have his middle initial as 'E', his military information lists his middle initial as 'A' and his last name only having one 'h'. Based on comprehensive available information, it is believed this is the same person.
Gravesite Details
MISSING - body not recovered, lost at sea Near Lake Melville/Goose Bay NL CAN.
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