World War II Honoree

Robert Dale Cassel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Karen Waiss Johns

Relationship

Niece

HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY, APRIL 1942. HE WAS IN MEDIC TRAINING AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS WHEN HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE PARATROOP SERVICE IN OCTOBER 1942. HE WENT TO JUMP SCHOOL AT FT BENNING, GEORGIA AND RECEIVED HIS WINGS, MONDAY, 9 MAY 1943. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY, 101ST DIVISION AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA IN MAY 1943 AND SHIPPED TO ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1943 WITH COMPANY F, 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY, 101ST DIVISION HE JUMPED INTO NORMANDY ON 6 JUNE 1944, D-DAY, AND WAS LISTED MISSING IN ACTION UNTIL IT WAS FOUND THAT HE HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION AND BURIED BY FRENCH CITIZENS IN THE BLOSSVILLE CEMETERY, FRANCE. THE ARMY CHANGED HIS LISTING TO KILLED IN ACTION, 6 JUNE 1944 NEAR VILLAGE DE L’ILLE MARIE PICAUVILLE MANCHE, FRANCE. HE WAS 31 YEARS OLD.