Name:
Urvin J. Laperriere
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
11055368
Unit:
407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-24
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Cemetery:
Calvary Cemetery, Winchendon, Massachusetts
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Urvin J. Laperriere was born on May 2, 1924. He served in the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. SSGT LaPerriere was the Radio Operator on B-17 42-31921 "Lil’ Brat", which on April 24, 1944 headed to Dubendorf, Switzerland for a target mission. They were shot down by an enemy aircraft and crashed to Baltenswil, near Munich and scrapped. He was Killed in Action and was temporarily buried in what was then the American Cemetery in Münsingen, Switzerland. He is now buried in the Calvary Cemetery, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.