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MILLER, Robert Alfred - Date of
birth
24 August 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33241793 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Off the northern tip of Texel Island, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Alfred S. Miller (father)
Verna M. (Bender) Miller (mother)
Elwood H. Miller (brother)
Charles F. Miller (brother)
Mildred A. Miller (sister)
Elizabeth Miller (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3249 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1569
More information
S/Sgt Robert A. Miller was a locomotive fireman.He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 5 October 1942.
The airplane was lost as the result of enemy aircraft attacks and was last seen near the Dutch coast. It is assumed the airplane crashed into the sea, north of Texel. All crew members are still missing in action and are all remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com, Miller Family Tree / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1920-1930 census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph
Photo source: Peter, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph