World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert J. Beller
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Honored By
William David Wilson, 6th Bomb Group Assn.
SERGEANT (RADIO OPERATOR); WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 39TH SQUADRON, 6TH BOMB GROUP ON TINIAN ISLAND. ON 12 FEBRUARY 1945, HE AND HIS CREW WERE ON A RADAR SEARCH MISSION FOR JAPANESE SHIPPING BETWEEN TINIAN AND THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. FORTY FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THEY CRASHED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.