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Personal info

Full name
CABALLERO, Henry Seaver
Date of birth
22 November 1920
Age
22
Place of birth
Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32456949
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
339th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1943
Place of death
Between Le Pecq and Le Mesnil-le-Roi, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 4 15

Immediate family

Members
Juan B. Caballero (father)
Magdalena Caballero (mother)
Carmen B. Caballero (sister)
Manuel Caballero (brother)
William Caballero (brother)
John Caballero (brother)
Emilio Caballero (brother)
Juanita Caballero (sister)
Rosita Caballero (sister)
Roberto Caballero (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3437
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Excalibur’s Revenge
Destination: Paris, France
Mission: Bombing of the Hispano-Suiza industrial complex
MACR: 726

More information

S/Sgt Henry S. Caballero was employed at the Rheem Manufacturing Company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 7 August 1942.

The airplane was critically hit. While initial U.S. military records attributed the loss to German anti-aircraft flak, German fighter records indicate it was claimed as an aerial victory by Staffelkapitän Herbert Huppertz of Jagdgeschwader 2 (JG 2) at an altitude of 7,000 meters. The bomber suffered an in-flight explosion, scattering wreckage between Le Pecq and Le Mesnil-le-Roi. Out of the crew of 10 men , 9 were killed in action.

S/Sgt Caballero was first interred in the New Cemetery at Virofly, Paris and was later reburied at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / LeBlanc Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Russ Pickett, https://b17flyingfortress.de/ 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy

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