Robert Henry Anderson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR"Sgt. Robert H. Anderson, of Thaxton, Virginia, a member of the 7th Station Complement Squadron was accidentally shot in the left chest about 1630 hours and died in the Station hospital a few minutes later. The shot was fired by Sgt. Martin L. Miller, of Lafayette, Indiana, a member of the same squadron, in quarters, during the course of a friendly discussion regarding whether or not Sgt. Miller's Thompson sub-machine gun was clean."
From http://www.381st.org/Unit-Histories/War-Diaries/381st-Bomb-Group-War-Di…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 2021st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 15102225
- Role/Job: Duty Non-Commissioned Officer
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Virginia, United States | 6 June 1913 | |
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Enlisted |
Roanoke, Virginia, United States | 13 June 1942 | |
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Other Killed in Service |
Ridgewell, England - Station 167 | 29 June 1943 | Firearm accident on base |
| Bedford County, Virginia, United States | |||
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Based |
Ridgewell | 29 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
Plot E Row 5 Grave 30 |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Ancestry.com
Find-A-Grave
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 502,
- WWII Memorial
ABMC website
NARA WWII Enlistment records
http://www.381st.org/Unit-Histories/War-Diaries/381st-Bomb-Group-War-Di…
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia