World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert B. Munson, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Nucla, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
SERVED AS A AIRCREW MEMBER OF A B-26 ‘MARAUDER’ MEDIUM BOMBER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, ASSIGNED TO THE 9TH AIR FORCE, 322ND BOMB GROUP, 450TH BOMB SQUADRON. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945 AND IS BURIED AT THE NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY, MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.