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Personal info

Full name
STALKER, Robert A
Date of birth
24 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-772763
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Klein-Koenigsdorf, 8 miles west of Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 13

Immediate family

Members
Allan Stalker (father)
Josephine E. (Sauer) Stalker (mother)
Charles Stalker (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38296
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Cologne, Germany
Mission: Bombing of marshalling yard
MACR: 9476

More information

2nd Lt Robert A. Stalker attended Seton Hall College.

He volunteered for the Army on 13 December 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

The nose of the airplane was blown off due to a direct hit of flak.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8yhafhs.com/db/index.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Sue Fox Moyer