416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Robert Lee Miller Airplane Mechanic - Gunner,  18163422 Killed In Action - Sep 29, 1944 670th Bombardment Squadron (L)

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Born: 25-Jan-1924, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Entered Military Service: Date: 15-Dec-1942 At: Tulsa, OK From: Okmulgee County, Oklahoma NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 18163422 Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore, Oklahoma, Plot: AA.-7.-L1.-1E On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave

See also S/Sgt Robert Lee Miller Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly, Fort Knox, KY)
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The plane flown by Lt. Nordstrom took a direct hit and the airplane exploded, breaking in half. Only one chute emerged, that of Ssgt Gossett.
The following is from a posting by Sam Thompson of Evening Shade, Arkansas on the Aviation Enthusiasts Corner web site:

"My first cousin, Robert Miller, was shot down over Germany Sept. 29, 1944 in an A-20. He was missing until some time in 1946. His body and that of one other crew member was found in a German cemetery after the war. One crew member parachuted and became a pow. My aunt gave me all the papers relating to Robert and pictures of the crew. He was returned in 1949 and buried at Claremore, OK. I went to the funeral. His biological father had Robert returned.I believe his father was N. Jackson Miller. My uncle, Hurley Barnett, was Robert's step father. I was younger but knew Robert well before the war. And saw the agony on Aunt Thelma's face while her son was missing. Her only child. I think Robert was called a gunner/engineer. The pilot was killed, too. Identified in 1946 by numbers on shorts. Robert was in the 1943 class of Muskogee Central High School. He trained in Miss."

See also MACR 9273 and Mission # 148

Photos and Documents

Birth Certificate - Note the name shows as "Ruth Lee Miller" and Sex as "Female", but this information was later corrected	Birth Certificate - Name and Sex Correction	1930 US Census - Robert living with his Grandparents, page 1	1930 US Census - Robert living with his Grandparents, page 2
1940 US Census - Robert living with his Step-Father and his Mother	1940 US Census - Robert's Father, Step-Mother and two Half-Brothers	1943 Central High School Yearbook, Muskogee, OK	1943 Central High School Yearbook Profile, Muskogee, OK
Robert Miller and relatives, about 1942	1943 Newspaper Clipping	L-R: S/Sgt. Joseph Dervin Gossett, 1Lt. Arthur William Nordstrom, S/Sgt Robert Lee Miller, 1944	May 19, 1944. Miller on right. A-20 "Dar Baby"
October 26, 1944, Daily Oklahoman	Newspaper Clipping, About 1949	Headstone Application - Note birth year shows 1925, but per Robert's Birth Certificate and Army Enlistment Record, he was born in 1924	Headstone Application - Note hand-written note correctly shows Birth Date as 25 Jan 1924
Headstone - Note birth year shows 1925, but per Robert's Birth Certificate and Army Enlistment Record, he was born in 1924	Headstone - Note birth year shows 1925, but per Robert's Birth Certificate and Army Enlistment Record, he was born in 1924	National World War II Memorial Registry	National World War II Memorial Registry
National World War II Memorial Registry	WW II Army and Army Air Force Casualty List - WV

Contributions of S/Sgt Robert Lee Miller photos and artifacts to the 416th BG Archive from Gary Graves and Stan Maah are sincerely appreciated.

Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources