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S/Sgt Robert Casperson attended high school for four years and was a clerk.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Erie, Pennsylvania on 6 October 1942.

On the run to the drop zone, for reasons unknown, the airplane went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the entire crew of four.

Statement from S/Sgt Alfred H. Chartier, crew member of another plane in the group:
"I was Radio Operator in plane number 43-15499. I was on my knees in the process of pushing out the last para-pack from the plane when my attention was attracted by the rear of engines. I looked up and saw plane number 42-92087 nose down and go into a vertical dive towards the ground. Visibility was good, there was light snow on the ground and I was able to follow the plane all the way down and saw it hit and explode with flames shooting up approximately fifty feet in the air. During the plane descent, I saw no one leave the ship."

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium on 18 February 1945 and given his final resting place at Henri-Chapelle on 16 November 1948.