Jose Gasca Garcia
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
photograph from family collection
Object Number - UPL 29679 - Sgt. Jose Gasca Garcia
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5305.
Awards: PH
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804442
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: BTO in the ETO
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Huanímaro, Guanajuato, Mexico | 15 October 1907 | Son of Bardomiano and Beatrice G [Villapando] Garcia. Born in Mexico , but his family settled in Colton, Calif. in 1910, when he was 3 years old. |
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Enlisted |
Santa Fe, NM, USA | 24 September 1943 | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Died |
14823 Niemegk, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5305. |
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Buried |
Niemegk, Germany | 29 May 1944 | Interred Niemegk community cemetery |
| San Bernardino County, CA, USA | |||
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot: C Row: 3 Grave: 12 | |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
https://www.fold3.com/image/28633435
https://www.fold3.com/record/529855847-jose-g-garcia
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039349?terms=39275719%20Jose%20G%20Garcia
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2282
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemete…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358303
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5305
