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SSGT Herbert W. Roberts

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SSGT Herbert W. Roberts Veteran

Birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
14 Aug 1943 (aged 23–24)
Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Lot 16A, Grave 1.
Memorial ID
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Age 22.

Staff Sgt. Roberts was aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #41-29032, serving with the 735th Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group.

While on a training flight out of the Pocatello Army Airfield, he was killed when the bomber struck a mountainside thirteen miles south of Dubois, Wyoming.

All eleven aboard perished:

2nd Lieutenant Alan F. Kirschner
2nd Lt. David H MacGowan(Instr. pilot)
2nd Lt. Royce O Davis
2nd Lt. Lyle P Schroeer
T/Sgt. Vernon Leroy Warner
Sgt. Joseph Baiocchi
S/Sgt. Jesse P Bradshaw
S/Sgt. Granville W Hampton
S/Sgt. William G Parkey
S/Sgt. Herbert W Roberts
S/Sgt. Chester W Stock

He was the son of Marion (Cloutier) and Herbert Roberts. He was also the husband of Grace (Buchannan) Roberts and the father of an infant son, Bruce W. Roberts.

Birth year is estimated.
Age 22.

Staff Sgt. Roberts was aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #41-29032, serving with the 735th Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group.

While on a training flight out of the Pocatello Army Airfield, he was killed when the bomber struck a mountainside thirteen miles south of Dubois, Wyoming.

All eleven aboard perished:

2nd Lieutenant Alan F. Kirschner
2nd Lt. David H MacGowan(Instr. pilot)
2nd Lt. Royce O Davis
2nd Lt. Lyle P Schroeer
T/Sgt. Vernon Leroy Warner
Sgt. Joseph Baiocchi
S/Sgt. Jesse P Bradshaw
S/Sgt. Granville W Hampton
S/Sgt. William G Parkey
S/Sgt. Herbert W Roberts
S/Sgt. Chester W Stock

He was the son of Marion (Cloutier) and Herbert Roberts. He was also the husband of Grace (Buchannan) Roberts and the father of an infant son, Bruce W. Roberts.

Birth year is estimated.

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  • Created by: J.O.
  • Added: Jun 5, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130906221/herbert_w-roberts: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Herbert W. Roberts (1919–14 Aug 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130906221, citing Saint Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by J.O. (contributor 47993183).