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Personal info

Full name
HASERLAT, Robert Charles
Date of birth
25 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31373317
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Turret Gunner
Unit
764th Bombardment Squadron,
461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 32 14

Immediate family

Members
Costastino Haserlat (father)
Effie (Ambargis) Haserlat (mother)
Christy C. Haserlat (brother)
Peter Haserlat (brother)
Leon Haserlat (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Robert C. Haserlat enlisted on 16 June 1943 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The aircraft was hit directly over the target area, either by bomb from a plane flying above or by flak, causing the plane to explode.

Major William H. Tallant, Sgt William F. Balen and Sgt Harold J. McCrary are memorialized at Epinal American Cemetery; 1st Lt Douglas A. Herrin and S/Sgt John J. Juran are buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold; 2nd Lt Peter Konapaka, 2nd Lt James D. Wagg, S/Sgt Louis J. Kain and Sgt Morris D. Worman are buried in the United States.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Enlistment Record / 1920 Census, www.newspapers.com, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.461st.org, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.461st.org