Subject: RE: monzingo's
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:58:39 -0500
From: "Monzingo, Montie"
To: 'Samie Melton '
....my father died in a bombing raid over Kassel. Montie

http://www.381st.org/histories/532nd_03-1945.html
[1945 March] 9. The target for today was the locomotive repair shops and depot at Kassel, Germany, where bombing was accomplished by squadrons. Wet prints indicate a good coverage of the target area, where flak was moderate and fairly accurate. Leading the formation of the high squadron was Capt Klinkseik and Lt Seeley, along with: Lts Firlit, Baden, Adamson, Price, Hughes, Sobol, Poland and Scherman, the latter missing in action. His aircraft, #9012-J, was hit over the target at an altitude of about 25,000 ft. It was hit between #3 engine and the bomb bay and the whole right side was on fire, while the nose was also blown off. It glided down to about 15,000 ft where it was seen to explode, followed by two chutes seen.

MIA crew: 2nd Lt Paul J. Scherman, 2nd Lt Earl B. Nelson, F/O Nicholas J. Drohan, 2nd Lt Manny M. Miska; Sgts Richard McClain, George Gasparovich, Garland Monzingo, Herbert Houghton Jr, Hugh D. Fitzgerald.


U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Garland W Monzingo
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State: Texas
County or City: Jones
Enlistment Date: 13 Sep 1943
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: Lubbock
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Tracktor Driver* or Truck Driver, Heavy or Chauffeur or Truck Driver, Light An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral Trade Test
Marital Status: Married
Height: 60
Weight: 066

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Garland W Monzingo
Inducted From: Texas
Rank: Sergeant
Combat Organization: 532nd Bomber Squadron 381st Bomber
Death Date: Mar 09 1945
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Air Medal