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ARM3 George Yanick

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ARM3 George Yanick

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
2 Nov 1942 (aged 19)
Solomon Islands
Burial
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
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S/o Eli Yanick and Anna Vishich Yanick (on WV Death Record)
WWII Veteran

Radioman and rear-seat gunner of SBD-3 (Dauntless) Bureau Number 03329, assigned to VS-71 during the Guadalcanal campaign. This aircraft crashed offshore of Santa Isabel Island, Solomon Islands; Yanick's body was recovered and buried by local villagers.

The pilot was squadron commander and Navy Cross recipient LTCDR John Eldridge, Jr.
S/o Eli Yanick and Anna Vishich Yanick (on WV Death Record)
WWII Veteran

Radioman and rear-seat gunner of SBD-3 (Dauntless) Bureau Number 03329, assigned to VS-71 during the Guadalcanal campaign. This aircraft crashed offshore of Santa Isabel Island, Solomon Islands; Yanick's body was recovered and buried by local villagers.

The pilot was squadron commander and Navy Cross recipient LTCDR John Eldridge, Jr.

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  • Created by: Terry ward
  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88988798/george-yanick: accessed ), memorial page for ARM3 George Yanick (4 Sep 1923–2 Nov 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88988798, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Terry ward (contributor 46777707).