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S/Sgt. Robert Leroy Austin

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S/Sgt. Robert Leroy Austin Veteran

Birth
Ryceville, Charles County, Maryland, USA
Death
14 Oct 1943 (aged 23)
Germany
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Section F ~ Row 3 ~ Grave 10
Memorial ID
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Robert served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on a B-17, 410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on August 19, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.

Robert was "Killed In Action" on a mission over Germany. He was the only crewman on this B-17 to perish during the war.

He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Service # 33371908

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
Robert served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on a B-17, 410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on August 19, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.

Robert was "Killed In Action" on a mission over Germany. He was the only crewman on this B-17 to perish during the war.

He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Service # 33371908

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )



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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287464/robert_leroy-austin: accessed ), memorial page for S/Sgt. Robert Leroy Austin (12 Jul 1920–14 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56287464, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).