Robert was the son of Arthur and Vera Marie (Gaster) Reinartson.
He enlisted as a Private at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 28 January 1943. He served with 711 Bomber Squadron, 447th Heavy Bomber Group of the US Army Air Forces. On 15 March 1945 "he was a crew member which participated in a bombing mission on Oranienberg, Germany. On the return, at 3:45 p.m., east of Wittenberg, Germany, the aircraft took a direct flak hit which burst under the pilots' compartment and the nose of the plane. The Aircraft dove to the ground and exploded in mid-air." Three survived. Robert's body was not found. A year and a day after his plane was shot down he was declared presumptively dead. At the time of his death, he was a Sgt. and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
He was survived by his parents and sisters Doris and Donna.
Ancestry:
US World War II Draft Cards, Young Men 1940-1947 - registered 30 June 1942 from Fort Dodge, Iowa;
US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
US World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
US Headstone and Internment Records for U.S., Military Cemetaries on Forign Soil, 1942-1949
Iowa, US World War II, Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries 1947-1959 containing letter by Maj. Gen. Edward F. Whitsell Adjutant of the Army detailing to Robert's parents Arthur and Vera Reinertston the circumstances of their sons death.
He enlisted as a Private at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 28 January 1943. He served with 711 Bomber Squadron, 447th Heavy Bomber Group of the US Army Air Forces. On 15 March 1945 "he was a crew member which participated in a bombing mission on Oranienberg, Germany. On the return, at 3:45 p.m., east of Wittenberg, Germany, the aircraft took a direct flak hit which burst under the pilots' compartment and the nose of the plane. The Aircraft dove to the ground and exploded in mid-air." Three survived. Robert's body was not found. A year and a day after his plane was shot down he was declared presumptively dead. At the time of his death, he was a Sgt. and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
He was survived by his parents and sisters Doris and Donna.
Ancestry:
US World War II Draft Cards, Young Men 1940-1947 - registered 30 June 1942 from Fort Dodge, Iowa;
US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
US World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
US Headstone and Internment Records for U.S., Military Cemetaries on Forign Soil, 1942-1949
Iowa, US World War II, Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries 1947-1959 containing letter by Maj. Gen. Edward F. Whitsell Adjutant of the Army detailing to Robert's parents Arthur and Vera Reinertston the circumstances of their sons death.
Robert was the son of Arthur and Vera Marie (Gaster) Reinartson.
He enlisted as a Private at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 28 January 1943. He served with 711 Bomber Squadron, 447th Heavy Bomber Group of the US Army Air Forces. On 15 March 1945 "he was a crew member which participated in a bombing mission on Oranienberg, Germany. On the return, at 3:45 p.m., east of Wittenberg, Germany, the aircraft took a direct flak hit which burst under the pilots' compartment and the nose of the plane. The Aircraft dove to the ground and exploded in mid-air." Three survived. Robert's body was not found. A year and a day after his plane was shot down he was declared presumptively dead. At the time of his death, he was a Sgt. and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
He was survived by his parents and sisters Doris and Donna.
Ancestry:
US World War II Draft Cards, Young Men 1940-1947 - registered 30 June 1942 from Fort Dodge, Iowa;
US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
US World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
US Headstone and Internment Records for U.S., Military Cemetaries on Forign Soil, 1942-1949
Iowa, US World War II, Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries 1947-1959 containing letter by Maj. Gen. Edward F. Whitsell Adjutant of the Army detailing to Robert's parents Arthur and Vera Reinertston the circumstances of their sons death.
He enlisted as a Private at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 28 January 1943. He served with 711 Bomber Squadron, 447th Heavy Bomber Group of the US Army Air Forces. On 15 March 1945 "he was a crew member which participated in a bombing mission on Oranienberg, Germany. On the return, at 3:45 p.m., east of Wittenberg, Germany, the aircraft took a direct flak hit which burst under the pilots' compartment and the nose of the plane. The Aircraft dove to the ground and exploded in mid-air." Three survived. Robert's body was not found. A year and a day after his plane was shot down he was declared presumptively dead. At the time of his death, he was a Sgt. and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
He was survived by his parents and sisters Doris and Donna.
Ancestry:
US World War II Draft Cards, Young Men 1940-1947 - registered 30 June 1942 from Fort Dodge, Iowa;
US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
US World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
US Headstone and Internment Records for U.S., Military Cemetaries on Forign Soil, 1942-1949
Iowa, US World War II, Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries 1947-1959 containing letter by Maj. Gen. Edward F. Whitsell Adjutant of the Army detailing to Robert's parents Arthur and Vera Reinertston the circumstances of their sons death.
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Entered the service from Iowa.
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
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Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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