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<span class=prefix>T/Sgt.</span> Robert Henry Householder
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T/Sgt. Robert Henry Householder Veteran

Birth
Earlville, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death
14 Feb 1944 (aged 24)
Italy
Monument
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
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"His Remains Have Been Recovered"

Robert served as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on B-17 Flying Fortress "Her Did" (#42-31044), 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

Robert was originally declared "Missing In Action", along with two other airmen, over northern Italy during a mission. The pilot of Robert's B-17, 2nd Lt. Frank G. Chaplick, reported that Robert and two other airmen were killed during an attack by German Fighter planes. 2nd Lt. Chaplick landed his damaged B-17 in the water. He and the others on the flight were able to escape on the water and the B-17 eventually sank.

Robert was decorated with an Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.

Robert is interred in the Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. For that record " Click Here ".

Service # 37331759

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Airmen lost on B-17 (#42-31044):

Duca, Tony, S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Householder, Robert H., T/Sgt, Colorado
Murphy, George J., S/Sgt, Delaware

( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )

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"His Remains Have Been Recovered"

Robert served as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on B-17 Flying Fortress "Her Did" (#42-31044), 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

Robert was originally declared "Missing In Action", along with two other airmen, over northern Italy during a mission. The pilot of Robert's B-17, 2nd Lt. Frank G. Chaplick, reported that Robert and two other airmen were killed during an attack by German Fighter planes. 2nd Lt. Chaplick landed his damaged B-17 in the water. He and the others on the flight were able to escape on the water and the B-17 eventually sank.

Robert was decorated with an Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.

Robert is interred in the Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. For that record " Click Here ".

Service # 37331759

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Airmen lost on B-17 (#42-31044):

Duca, Tony, S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Householder, Robert H., T/Sgt, Colorado
Murphy, George J., S/Sgt, Delaware

( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )

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  • Created by: Russ Pickett
  • Added: Dec 6, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139687054/robert_henry-householder: accessed ), memorial page for T/Sgt. Robert Henry Householder (19 Feb 1919–14 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139687054, citing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).