He studied Diesel Mechanics at Utah State Agricultural College and was active in the LDS church.
Groesbeck was a gunner on B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
They were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Groesbeck's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and those that could be identified as Groesbeck's were buried in Richfield City Cemetery in Utah. There is also a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, where the remains that could not be identified were interred.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Groesbeck was a gunner on B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
They were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Groesbeck's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and those that could be identified as Groesbeck's were buried in Richfield City Cemetery in Utah. There is also a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, where the remains that could not be identified were interred.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He studied Diesel Mechanics at Utah State Agricultural College and was active in the LDS church.
Groesbeck was a gunner on B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
They were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Groesbeck's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and those that could be identified as Groesbeck's were buried in Richfield City Cemetery in Utah. There is also a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, where the remains that could not be identified were interred.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Groesbeck was a gunner on B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
They were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Groesbeck's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and those that could be identified as Groesbeck's were buried in Richfield City Cemetery in Utah. There is also a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, where the remains that could not be identified were interred.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
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