John Peter Vournakis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated person and group.
Object Number - UPL 41522 - 2nd Lt. John P. Vournakis, 379th Bomb Group, 524th Bomb Squadron.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-3056. Killed in Action (KIA).
He enlisted in the Army on September 11, 1941, prior to the war, in Huntington West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of enlistment, as being employed as a manager and also single with no dependents.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
14 October 1943 | ||
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Born |
Hollidays Cove, West Virginia | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to indclude details from:
MACR 955;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361441/john-p-vournakis via user Glen Owen - https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/37395
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 955; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 284 and 345