World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John J. Conery
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: STAFF SERGEANT. SERVED AS B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER CREWMAN IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 487TH BOMBER GROUP ‘HEAVY’, 836TH BOMBER SQUADRON, STATIONED AT LAVEHAM, ENGLAND, U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE STATION #487. KILLED IN ACTION, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1944 DURING THE BABENHAUSEN AIRFIELD BOMBING RAID. HE IS BURIED AT THE HENRI-CHAPELLE AMERICAN CEMETERY, HENRI-CHAPELLE, BELGIUM. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER.