Rank and Name, Corporal Jack Atanis.
Unit/Placed in, 680th Bomber Squadron, 504th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.
Jack is born approx. on 1926 in New York.
Father, Albert Atanas.
Born in Turkey.
Mother, Anna Atanas.
Mother in law, Mary Atanas.
Born in Turkey.
Jack enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 12100289.
Jack ‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a B-29 were,
1st Lt. Raymond E. Shumway
2nd Lt. James C. Brechtbill
2nd Lt. George S. Lomas
F/O. Henry Goldstrin
S/Sgt. Kirk I. Icenhower
Sgt. Frank H. Blackett
Sgt. Sam C. Kidd
Sgt. Harold N. Winberg Sr.
Cpl. Yearby M. Ashby
Cpl. Jack Atanis
Cpl. Warren E. Bartlett
Jack was KIA when the plane was hit by Anti-Aircraft Fire on the way back and the crashed in sea on 28 July 1945/died on, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Jack is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.cbi-history.com/part_ic.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
