William Vincent Tumelavich
Military
Newspaper clipping
Object Number - UPL 54504 - S/Sgt William V Tumelavich, 445BG
Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18128908
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36738736
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Missions
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA | 14 July 1923 | Son of John and Anna [Bartasavage] Tumelavich. |
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Other Drafted |
30 June 1942 | ||
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Enlisted Married |
New Cumberland, PA 17070, USA | 17 June 1943 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania |
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Other In military service in USA |
United States | 17 June 1943 - 23 September 1944 | |
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Based |
Tibenham | 24 September 1944 - 23 May 1945 | Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other In military service in USA |
United States | 24 March 1945 - 19 October 1945 | |
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Other Left Military Service |
Las Vegas, NV, USA | 19 October 1945 | |
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Died |
Hopewell, NJ | 7 February 2005 | |
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Buried |
Cumberland County Veterans Cemetery Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ | 11 February 2005 | Cumberland County Veterans Cemetery Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey |
Revisions
List of crewmembers who flew with Robert E Conrad
US Veteran's Gravesites via Ancestry
Draft Registration Card via Ancestry
Veteran's Pension Application via Ancestry
Birsic, SO3265 12 Oct 44 & Page 428 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia