John Birch (missionary), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Birch (missionary)

American military intelligence officer

Date of Birth: 08-May-1918

Place of Birth: Landour, Uttarakhand, India

Date of Death: 25-Aug-1945

Profession: missionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Morrison Birch (May 28, 1918 – August 25, 1945) was a United States American Baptist minister and missionary, and United States Army Air Forces captain who was a U.S.
military intelligence officer in China during World War II.
Birch was killed in a confrontation with Chinese Communist soldiers a few days after the war ended.
He was posthumously awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal. The John Birch Society, an American anti-communist organization, was named in his honor by Robert H.
W.
Welch Jr.
in 1958.
Welch considered Birch to be a martyr and the first casualty of the Cold War.
Birch's parents joined the Society as honorary Life Members.