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SSgt Robert H Boyd

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SSgt Robert H Boyd Veteran

Birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Death
23 Mar 1945 (aged 22)
Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Plot
F Row 20 Grave 25
Memorial ID
56296989 View Source

Robert served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-24L (#44-49573), 329th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Hudson County, New Jersey prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on January 15, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a Stock Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.

Robert was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by German flak over Munster, Germany during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Service # 32607560

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Airmen who perished on B-24L (#44-49573):

Biggers, Charles E ~ Maj, Squadron Commander, South Carolina
Boyd, Robert H ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, New Jersey
Farwell, Donald C ~ 1st Lt, Radar Operator, New Hampshire
Horwitz, Roy ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
Krall, Edward J ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New York
Liller, Charles E ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maryland
Orwig, Paul E ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Pennsylvania
Powell, James M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, New York
Wile, Ralph W ~ T/Sgt, Eng/Top Turret Gunner, Ohio

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Airmen who became POW's from B-24L (#44-49573):

Diez, Jose V T ~ 2nd Lt, Connecticut
Howering, Frederick S ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey
Spencer, Wallace J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Ohio

(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)

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Robert served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-24L (#44-49573), 329th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Hudson County, New Jersey prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on January 15, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a Stock Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.

Robert was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by German flak over Munster, Germany during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Service # 32607560

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Airmen who perished on B-24L (#44-49573):

Biggers, Charles E ~ Maj, Squadron Commander, South Carolina
Boyd, Robert H ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, New Jersey
Farwell, Donald C ~ 1st Lt, Radar Operator, New Hampshire
Horwitz, Roy ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
Krall, Edward J ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New York
Liller, Charles E ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maryland
Orwig, Paul E ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Pennsylvania
Powell, James M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, New York
Wile, Ralph W ~ T/Sgt, Eng/Top Turret Gunner, Ohio

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Airmen who became POW's from B-24L (#44-49573):

Diez, Jose V T ~ 2nd Lt, Connecticut
Howering, Frederick S ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey
Spencer, Wallace J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Ohio

(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: 6 Aug 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 56296989
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56296989/robert-h-boyd: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Robert H Boyd (27 May 1922–23 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56296989, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).