Robert L Casperson
MilitaryAssigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 88th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31036785 / O-803691
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 88th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Emporium, PA 15834, USA | 16 July 1922 | Son of Marie E [McAulay] Casperson Lauinger. |
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Enlisted |
Erie, PA, USA | 6 October 1942 | |
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Died |
6640 Assenois, Belgium | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed. 23-Dec-44. KIA. MACR 11024 |
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Buried |
6640 Assenois, Belgium | 24 December 1944 | Interred Assenois cemetery Belgium |
| Pennsylvania, USA | |||
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Based |
Greenham Common | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial |