Robert Oliver Gruetzemacher
Military
416th Bomb Group
Melun Airfield, France
Object Number - UPL 48990 - Left to Right: TSGT Cleo W. Frandsen (GCC), Unknown, CPT Robert O. Gruetzemacher (P), 1LT Robert B. Singletary (P), MAJ Hiram F. Conant (P-SQDN...
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St. Louis, Missouri | 18 February 1919 | |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Conches, France | 4 March 1944 | |
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Other Wounded In Action |
Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France | 11 May 1944 | General Orders No. 80, 16 May 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 670th Bombardment Squadron (L), Robert O. Gruetzemacher, O-421542, First Lieutenant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on 11 May 1944, while serving as Pilot on an A-20G airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory. Home address: University City, Missouri |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Plattling, Germany | 26 April 1945 | Flew a 65 combat mission tour |
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Died |
Santa Barbara, California | 3 June 1997 |
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