Name:
John Kostick
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
19095051
Unit:
782nd Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-03
State:
Washington
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France
Plot:
A
Row:
33
Grave:
41
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
John Kostick was born on December 16, 1921, in Centralia, Lewis County, Washington. He was the son of Jake Kostick.
John served in the 782nd Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, as a Staff Sergeant and Radio Operator on the B-24 #44-41011 during World War II.
On August 3, 1944, his crew took off from Pantanella, Italy, on a bombing mission over Friedrichshafen, Germany. On their return, they were attacked and shot down by German aircraft. His aircraft crashed at Ehrwald, Tyrol, Austria. He is commemorated on a plaque in Ehrwald, but his place of crash inscribed is at Wampeter.
SSgt Kostick is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.tracesofwar.com