Name:
Steve A. Marushok
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
13025915
Unit:
762nd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-30
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France
Plot:
B
Row:
13
Grave:
56
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
On a B-24 Liberator participating in a mission to bomb an oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany when the plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemesvita, Hungary beside Lake Balaton on 30 Jun 44. The airplane was returning to its base in Italy.