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SGT Steve James Chohrach

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SGT Steve James Chohrach Veteran

Birth
Lewis Run, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Mar 1942 (aged 22)
At Sea
Burial
Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9518389, Longitude: -78.6725028
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Area Man Is Aboard Lost Plane

Sergeant Steve J. Chohrach, son of Adam and Zsuzsanna D. Chohrach of Lewis Run, s a member of the crew aboard a B-17 on combat patrol missing out of Langley Field, Va. near Cape Hatteras, NC, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents.
Sergeant Chohrach 22 a radio man, enlisted in the United States Air corps two and a half years ago and had been stationed at Langley Field since.
He attended the Bradford St. Bernard schools and graduated from St. Bernard High school with the class of 1938. He last visited at the home of his parents two weeks ago.
(McKean County Democrat March 12 1942).
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One of eight Army men lost at sea in a crash
aboard Y1B-17 Flying Fortress #36-153 over
the Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina, while on anti-submarine patrol
from Langley Field (Virginia).

The men lost aboard were:

Lt. Col. Edward Flanick, Pilot
1st Lt. James H Miller
2nd Lt. Robert L Garrison
MSgt. Ellsworth W Aitken
Sgt. Arthur L Becker
Sgt. Steve J. Chohrach
Cpl. Draper Hoyt
PFC Robert R McIntyre
Area Man Is Aboard Lost Plane

Sergeant Steve J. Chohrach, son of Adam and Zsuzsanna D. Chohrach of Lewis Run, s a member of the crew aboard a B-17 on combat patrol missing out of Langley Field, Va. near Cape Hatteras, NC, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents.
Sergeant Chohrach 22 a radio man, enlisted in the United States Air corps two and a half years ago and had been stationed at Langley Field since.
He attended the Bradford St. Bernard schools and graduated from St. Bernard High school with the class of 1938. He last visited at the home of his parents two weeks ago.
(McKean County Democrat March 12 1942).
~
One of eight Army men lost at sea in a crash
aboard Y1B-17 Flying Fortress #36-153 over
the Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina, while on anti-submarine patrol
from Langley Field (Virginia).

The men lost aboard were:

Lt. Col. Edward Flanick, Pilot
1st Lt. James H Miller
2nd Lt. Robert L Garrison
MSgt. Ellsworth W Aitken
Sgt. Arthur L Becker
Sgt. Steve J. Chohrach
Cpl. Draper Hoyt
PFC Robert R McIntyre

Inscription

SGT, 96 AAF BOMB SQ, 2 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Jul 1, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38953656/steve_james-chohrach: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Steve James Chohrach (9 Jan 1920–5 Mar 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38953656, citing Saint Bernard Cemetery, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).