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Personal info

Full name
MOHLER, Robert Nelson
Date of birth
4 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Hometown
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35367573
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Gunner
Unit
414th Bombardment Squadron,
97th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 April 1944
Place of death
Near Sieding, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 50 24

Immediate family

Members
Earl Mohler (father)
Carolyne (Abney) Mohler (mother)
Charles Mohler (brother)
Howard Mohler (brother)
Frank Mohler (brother)
Earl Mohler (brother)
Harry Mohler (brother)
Dorothy M. (Sterrett) Mohler (wife)
Robert E. Mohler (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5943
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 4393

More information

Robert Mohler graduated from Logansport High School

He enlisted on 24 August 1942.

The aircraft was hit and caught on fire. It lost altitude and became detached from the formation. The tail came off. It crashed on fire.

Four of his brothers also served. Only Frank, the youngest, didn't.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Marriages / Cunningham Primmer Klippel Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com – Journal and Courier Indiana - 16 May 1944, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Apr.44.html
Photo source: Delphi Citizen - 21 September 1944 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott