Q1699339

John Birch

American military intelligence officer

Bio	John Morrison Birch was a United States Army Air Forces military intelligence captain, OSS field agent in China during World War II, as well as former Baptist minister and missionary. He was killed in a confrontation with Chinese Communist soldiers during an assignment he was ordered on by the OSS, ten days after the war ended. Birch was posthumously awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.²
Born	1918 May 8¹
Died	1945 Aug 25¹
Occupation	intelligence agent, missionary, resistance fighter¹
Cause of death	gunshot wound², homicide¹
Status	Confirmed: John Birch is a 27 Club member