Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameEarl J. BERQUIST 
Birth5 Sep 1924, New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania2370, date is abt,2372
Death6 Aug 1944, Germany2370, year & country only,5953 Age: 19
Memokilled in action
MemoPlot B, Row 18, Grave 1
FatherRev. Edward Julius BERQUIST (1883-1935)
MotherJessie Blanche MAYCROFT (1886-1932)
Individual Notes
• His plane was shot down August 6th, 1944 during a bombing raid to Hamburg, Germany. I have heard that Earl was caught in a tree and the enemy shot him while still strapped in his parachute.2369, p 6
Census Data
• 1930 Census: Pinckney, Livingston, Michigan. Age 5, b PA. Parents b MI.2371
Military Notes
• World War II; Purple Heart, Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 36584370, 577th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group, Heavy.5953