Timeline
Birth
Landour, British India
Estimated Birth Year
28 May 1918
Estimated Birth Year
1918
Residence: Enumeration District
FORD CITY BOROUGH, WARD 2
Residence: From
1930
Age in 1930
12
Residence: Place
ARMSTRONG County, Pennsylvania
Gender
Male
1939 - 1945World War II
Rank
Captain
Branch
Army
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United States of America
Service Number
O-889028
Unit
American Volunteer Group AKA Flying Tigers
WW2 Service Fact
Chinese linguist; served as intelligence officer for American Volunteer Group AKA Flying Tigers; later detached for duty with OSS
Unit
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Gold Star
Death- 25 Aug 1945
Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Killed by Chinese Communist soldiers
Burial
Hsuchow, China
Other Facts
Full Name
John Birch
Full Name
John Morrison Birch
