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CPL Robert S Hilliard

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CPL Robert S Hilliard

Birth
Death
1 Jan 1945 (aged 20–21)
Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 30, Lot 176
Memorial ID
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Corporal Hilliard served with the 211th Base Unit at Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming.

He was one of six airmen killed in a crash of B-24J Liberator #42-95559, twenty miles south of the air base.

Also killed were:

2nd Lt. Robert E Murchison, O2057375, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold B Paulk, O2057388, GA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Reede L Bludworth, O2074432, MI, Navigator
2nd Lt. Reuben J Clark, O-787023, GA, Bombardier
Cpl. Robert S Hilliard, 35610074, OH, Radio Operator
Cpl. Eugene J Opala, 42021931, NY, Flight Engineer
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Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: 35610074.
Corporal Hilliard served with the 211th Base Unit at Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming.

He was one of six airmen killed in a crash of B-24J Liberator #42-95559, twenty miles south of the air base.

Also killed were:

2nd Lt. Robert E Murchison, O2057375, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold B Paulk, O2057388, GA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Reede L Bludworth, O2074432, MI, Navigator
2nd Lt. Reuben J Clark, O-787023, GA, Bombardier
Cpl. Robert S Hilliard, 35610074, OH, Radio Operator
Cpl. Eugene J Opala, 42021931, NY, Flight Engineer
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Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: 35610074.

Inscription

CPL, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II


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