Age: 23y 14d
PARENTS:
1893-1932 Fenstermacher, Robert G Sr
1897-1979 Richards, Mae R
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World War II and Korean Conflict
Veterans Interred Overseas
about Fenstermacher
Name: Robert G Fenstermacher
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Org.: 506th Fighter Squadron 404th Fighter Group
Death Date: 26 Dec 1944
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal,
Air Medal,
Additional Army Awards
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2/10/2011
1Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, was the pilot of P47D 42-28933 and crashed at Petergensfeld Begium on December 26th, 1944 the combat operations section of XXIX TAC. They reported that effects were found on the bodies of 2 pilots recovered from a crashed aircraft in the vicinity of their advance command. This enabled them to identify them:
1) 1LT AC O-751514 Winters, Clinton and;
2) 1LT AC O-818531 Fenstermacher, Robert G.
[Contributor: Michel Beckers]
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DPMO 2013
1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, U.S. Army Air Force, 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, was lost on Dec. 26, 1944, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
He was accounted for on April 30, 2013.
He will be buried with full military honors in the fall of 2013, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
[Contributor: Noone]
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Oct. 14, 2013
WWII SOLDIER IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried on Oct. 18, in his hometown.
On Dec. 26, 1944, Fenstermacher was a pilot of a P-47D Thunderbolt that was on an armed-reconnaissance mission against targets in Germany, when his aircraft crashed, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
During the crash a U.S. military officer reported seeing Fenstermacher's aircraft crash. Reaching the site shortly after impact, he recovered Fenstermacher's identification tags from the burning wreckage. No remains or aircraft wreckage was recovered from the crash site at that time. Fenstermacher was declared killed in action.
Following the war, the U.S. Army Graves Registration Service (AGRS) investigated and interviewed a local Belgian woman who told team that an aircraft crashed into the side of her house. The team searched the surrounding area but was unsuccessful locating the crash site.
In 2012 a group of local historians excavated a private yard in Petergensfeld, Belgium, recovering human remains and aircraft wreckage consistent with a P-47D.
The remains were turned over to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC used circumstantial evidence & forensic identification tools such as dental comparisons, which matched Fenstermacher's records.
There are more than 400,000 American service members that were killed during WWII, and the remains of more than 73,000 were never recovered or identified.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
The great people of History Flight conducted a major portion of the recovery operations of this site. To review the recovery in detail please visit their website and navigate your way to the P-47 link. I also used one of their photos for this press release.
[Contributor: Floral Designer]
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Army Times:
World War II casualty Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried Oct. 18 at Arlington National Cemetery, VA
[http://www.armytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013310110025]
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▼ Personnel File Core Info:
Name: Robert Fenstermacher
From: Pennsylvania
Service Number: O-818531
Rank: First Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Regiment: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group
War: World War II
Date Death: 12-26-1944
Awards: Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Cemetery Details: Netherlands, Netherlands
http://www.americanbattlegraves.com/index.php?page=directory&rec=132390
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PARENTS:
1893-1932 Fenstermacher, Robert G Sr
1897-1979 Richards, Mae R
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
World War II and Korean Conflict
Veterans Interred Overseas
about Fenstermacher
Name: Robert G Fenstermacher
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Org.: 506th Fighter Squadron 404th Fighter Group
Death Date: 26 Dec 1944
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal,
Air Medal,
Additional Army Awards
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
2/10/2011
1Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, was the pilot of P47D 42-28933 and crashed at Petergensfeld Begium on December 26th, 1944 the combat operations section of XXIX TAC. They reported that effects were found on the bodies of 2 pilots recovered from a crashed aircraft in the vicinity of their advance command. This enabled them to identify them:
1) 1LT AC O-751514 Winters, Clinton and;
2) 1LT AC O-818531 Fenstermacher, Robert G.
[Contributor: Michel Beckers]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
DPMO 2013
1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, U.S. Army Air Force, 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, was lost on Dec. 26, 1944, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
He was accounted for on April 30, 2013.
He will be buried with full military honors in the fall of 2013, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
[Contributor: Noone]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Oct. 14, 2013
WWII SOLDIER IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried on Oct. 18, in his hometown.
On Dec. 26, 1944, Fenstermacher was a pilot of a P-47D Thunderbolt that was on an armed-reconnaissance mission against targets in Germany, when his aircraft crashed, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
During the crash a U.S. military officer reported seeing Fenstermacher's aircraft crash. Reaching the site shortly after impact, he recovered Fenstermacher's identification tags from the burning wreckage. No remains or aircraft wreckage was recovered from the crash site at that time. Fenstermacher was declared killed in action.
Following the war, the U.S. Army Graves Registration Service (AGRS) investigated and interviewed a local Belgian woman who told team that an aircraft crashed into the side of her house. The team searched the surrounding area but was unsuccessful locating the crash site.
In 2012 a group of local historians excavated a private yard in Petergensfeld, Belgium, recovering human remains and aircraft wreckage consistent with a P-47D.
The remains were turned over to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC used circumstantial evidence & forensic identification tools such as dental comparisons, which matched Fenstermacher's records.
There are more than 400,000 American service members that were killed during WWII, and the remains of more than 73,000 were never recovered or identified.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
The great people of History Flight conducted a major portion of the recovery operations of this site. To review the recovery in detail please visit their website and navigate your way to the P-47 link. I also used one of their photos for this press release.
[Contributor: Floral Designer]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Army Times:
World War II casualty Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried Oct. 18 at Arlington National Cemetery, VA
[http://www.armytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013310110025]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
▼ Personnel File Core Info:
Name: Robert Fenstermacher
From: Pennsylvania
Service Number: O-818531
Rank: First Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Regiment: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group
War: World War II
Date Death: 12-26-1944
Awards: Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Cemetery Details: Netherlands, Netherlands
http://www.americanbattlegraves.com/index.php?page=directory&rec=132390
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Age: 23y 14d
PARENTS:
1893-1932 Fenstermacher, Robert G Sr
1897-1979 Richards, Mae R
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
World War II and Korean Conflict
Veterans Interred Overseas
about Fenstermacher
Name: Robert G Fenstermacher
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Org.: 506th Fighter Squadron 404th Fighter Group
Death Date: 26 Dec 1944
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal,
Air Medal,
Additional Army Awards
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
2/10/2011
1Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, was the pilot of P47D 42-28933 and crashed at Petergensfeld Begium on December 26th, 1944 the combat operations section of XXIX TAC. They reported that effects were found on the bodies of 2 pilots recovered from a crashed aircraft in the vicinity of their advance command. This enabled them to identify them:
1) 1LT AC O-751514 Winters, Clinton and;
2) 1LT AC O-818531 Fenstermacher, Robert G.
[Contributor: Michel Beckers]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
DPMO 2013
1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, U.S. Army Air Force, 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, was lost on Dec. 26, 1944, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
He was accounted for on April 30, 2013.
He will be buried with full military honors in the fall of 2013, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
[Contributor: Noone]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Oct. 14, 2013
WWII SOLDIER IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried on Oct. 18, in his hometown.
On Dec. 26, 1944, Fenstermacher was a pilot of a P-47D Thunderbolt that was on an armed-reconnaissance mission against targets in Germany, when his aircraft crashed, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
During the crash a U.S. military officer reported seeing Fenstermacher's aircraft crash. Reaching the site shortly after impact, he recovered Fenstermacher's identification tags from the burning wreckage. No remains or aircraft wreckage was recovered from the crash site at that time. Fenstermacher was declared killed in action.
Following the war, the U.S. Army Graves Registration Service (AGRS) investigated and interviewed a local Belgian woman who told team that an aircraft crashed into the side of her house. The team searched the surrounding area but was unsuccessful locating the crash site.
In 2012 a group of local historians excavated a private yard in Petergensfeld, Belgium, recovering human remains and aircraft wreckage consistent with a P-47D.
The remains were turned over to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC used circumstantial evidence & forensic identification tools such as dental comparisons, which matched Fenstermacher's records.
There are more than 400,000 American service members that were killed during WWII, and the remains of more than 73,000 were never recovered or identified.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
The great people of History Flight conducted a major portion of the recovery operations of this site. To review the recovery in detail please visit their website and navigate your way to the P-47 link. I also used one of their photos for this press release.
[Contributor: Floral Designer]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Army Times:
World War II casualty Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried Oct. 18 at Arlington National Cemetery, VA
[http://www.armytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013310110025]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
▼ Personnel File Core Info:
Name: Robert Fenstermacher
From: Pennsylvania
Service Number: O-818531
Rank: First Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Regiment: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group
War: World War II
Date Death: 12-26-1944
Awards: Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Cemetery Details: Netherlands, Netherlands
http://www.americanbattlegraves.com/index.php?page=directory&rec=132390
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
PARENTS:
1893-1932 Fenstermacher, Robert G Sr
1897-1979 Richards, Mae R
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
World War II and Korean Conflict
Veterans Interred Overseas
about Fenstermacher
Name: Robert G Fenstermacher
Inducted From: Pennsylvania
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Org.: 506th Fighter Squadron 404th Fighter Group
Death Date: 26 Dec 1944
Monument: the Netherlands
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards:
Purple Heart Medal,
Air Medal,
Additional Army Awards
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
2/10/2011
1Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, was the pilot of P47D 42-28933 and crashed at Petergensfeld Begium on December 26th, 1944 the combat operations section of XXIX TAC. They reported that effects were found on the bodies of 2 pilots recovered from a crashed aircraft in the vicinity of their advance command. This enabled them to identify them:
1) 1LT AC O-751514 Winters, Clinton and;
2) 1LT AC O-818531 Fenstermacher, Robert G.
[Contributor: Michel Beckers]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
DPMO 2013
1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, U.S. Army Air Force, 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, was lost on Dec. 26, 1944, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
He was accounted for on April 30, 2013.
He will be buried with full military honors in the fall of 2013, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
[Contributor: Noone]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Oct. 14, 2013
WWII SOLDIER IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried on Oct. 18, in his hometown.
On Dec. 26, 1944, Fenstermacher was a pilot of a P-47D Thunderbolt that was on an armed-reconnaissance mission against targets in Germany, when his aircraft crashed, near Petergensfeld, Belgium.
During the crash a U.S. military officer reported seeing Fenstermacher's aircraft crash. Reaching the site shortly after impact, he recovered Fenstermacher's identification tags from the burning wreckage. No remains or aircraft wreckage was recovered from the crash site at that time. Fenstermacher was declared killed in action.
Following the war, the U.S. Army Graves Registration Service (AGRS) investigated and interviewed a local Belgian woman who told team that an aircraft crashed into the side of her house. The team searched the surrounding area but was unsuccessful locating the crash site.
In 2012 a group of local historians excavated a private yard in Petergensfeld, Belgium, recovering human remains and aircraft wreckage consistent with a P-47D.
The remains were turned over to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC used circumstantial evidence & forensic identification tools such as dental comparisons, which matched Fenstermacher's records.
There are more than 400,000 American service members that were killed during WWII, and the remains of more than 73,000 were never recovered or identified.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
The great people of History Flight conducted a major portion of the recovery operations of this site. To review the recovery in detail please visit their website and navigate your way to the P-47 link. I also used one of their photos for this press release.
[Contributor: Floral Designer]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Army Times:
World War II casualty Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert Fenstermacher, 23, of Scranton, Pa., will be buried Oct. 18 at Arlington National Cemetery, VA
[http://www.armytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013310110025]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
▼ Personnel File Core Info:
Name: Robert Fenstermacher
From: Pennsylvania
Service Number: O-818531
Rank: First Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Regiment: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group
War: World War II
Date Death: 12-26-1944
Awards: Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Cemetery Details: Netherlands, Netherlands
http://www.americanbattlegraves.com/index.php?page=directory&rec=132390
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Inscription
1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, U.S. Army Air Force, 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, was lost on Dec. 26, 1944, near Petergensfeld, Belgium. He was accounted for on April 30, 2013.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
Family Members
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