Petrochilos George P.

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George P. Petrochilos is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Aircraft Hill C-130 Memorial

Name:

George P. Petrochilos

Rank:

Master Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

6911th Radio Group Mobile

Date of Death:

1958-09-02

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virg

Plot:

Section 34

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Born August 4, 1920 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. MSgt, Petrochilos was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. During the Cold War, he was a Romanian Linguist serving with the 6911th Radio Group Mobile at Rhein-Main Airbase, Germany. He was a crewman aboard a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft from the 7406th Support Squadron, a C-130, tail number 60528. His aircraft was shot down by Soviet MiG-17s over Soviet Armenia on 2 September 1958. He and 16 other men were killed in the subsequent crash.