Groh Victor Frederick

Name:

Victor Frederick Groh

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

861st Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1945-01-10

State:

Colorado

Cemetery:

Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado

Plot:

Block 42

Row:

Grave:

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Comments:

Victor Frederick Groth was born on December 18, 1922, in Denver, Colorado. He was the son of Victor Ferdinand Groh and Anna J. Bittick Groh.

Victor served in the 861st Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Waist Gunner on the B-17 #44-6278 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on January 10, 1945, in Belgium, on return from a mission to Köln, Germany.

SSgt Groh is now buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. His name is listed on the 493rd Bomber Group Honor Roll located in St. Mary the Virgin Church, Clopton, England, but his surname is spelled as Groth.

B-17G #43-38224 crew:
P–Hanft, Richard J.(KIA)
CP-2nd Lt Strobel, Henry M. (KIA)
N-2nd Lt Huebner, Elroy C.(RTD)
NG-S/Sgt Slayden, Henry T. (KIA)
E-S/Sgt Van Arsdale, Charles G. (RTD)
? - Pvt Schiff, Shepard M.(RTD)
BT-S/Sgt Filipek, Stanley J. (RTD)
WG-S/Sgt Groh, Victor F. (KIA)
TG -S/Sgt Henderson, Donald (KIA)

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, forum.12oclockhigh.net, www.abmc.gov