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WAGNER, Theodore Albert - Date of
birth
11 November 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36275721 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 January 1944 - Place of
death
Gusenburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 7 | 50 |
Immediate family
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Members
Otto C. Wagner (father)
Caroline (Hackl) Wagner (mother)
Louis J. Wagner (brother)
Marion Wagner (sister)
John F. Wagner (brother)
Gertrude C. Wagner (sister)
Robert R. Wagner (brother)
Margret Wagner (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30859 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Skylark
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 2377
More information
S/Sgt Theodore A. Wagner was employed at the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 17 October 1942.A Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter rammed the B-17, hitting it near the waist door.
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 / Strupp Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Jaap Vermeer