- SURNAME
Ziegler
- FORENAME
John Christopher
- UNIT
84 Air Rescue Squadron
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
9th March 1955
- AGE
31
- GRAVESITE
St Joseph Catholic Cemetery,Evansville,Vanderburgh County,Indiana
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Indiana
born 24.7.1923 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
son of John Max and Emma B. (nee Kennard) Ziegler
husband of Dorothy Louise (nee Calhoun) Ziegler (1922-2011) (married 16.5.1944) (3 children Ron,Linda and Cindy)
graduated high school
unskilled machine shop worker in civilian life
resided Langhorne,Pennsylvania 1941
enlisted 24.7.1941 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania (Private 13028498 Air Corps)
commissioned
served WW2 as B-17 pilot with 25 missions over Germany and France
awards DFC,Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
co-pilot
Sikorsky H-19B helicopter (52-7493)
training flight
crashed Jesenwang,Furstenfeldbruck,Bavaria,Germany
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Mar-1955
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