Robert Hayne Rogers
MilitaryAssigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. 45? x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 18-Aug-44 in B-17 44-6275; #4 on fire, crashed Adriatic Sea. MACR 7683. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (2OLC) , PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12017575
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 19130343 / O-705439
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-712927
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15316257
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
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Born |
12 October 1920 | BornSaluda County, South Carolina | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Adriatic Sea | 18 August 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Adriatic Sea |
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Buried/ Commemorated Tablets of the Missing |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Toscana, Italy | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingFlorence American Cemetery and MemorialFlorence, Toscana, Italy |