John Pindroch was born in 1924, in Alabama. He was the son of George Pindroch. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 21, 1942, at Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic.

He served in the 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Left Waist Gunner on B17G "Susan Ruth" #42-31499 during World War II. John's B-17 was shot down and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium during the war and he became a Prisoner of War of the German Army. They were betrayed by collaborators and captured by German forces. Sgt. Pindroch and seven other captured airmen were taken to nearby woods then shot, and murdered by their guards on April 22, 1944, in Charleroi, Belgium. He is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal, Air Medal, and the Purple Heart with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster..

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