World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert S. O'Connor
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
Honored By
Elizabeth Ann Godwin
ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, 358TH BOMBER SQUADRON, 303RD BOMBER GROUP. KILLED IN ACTION ON JULY 4, 1943 WHILE PILOTING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS OVER FRANCE. STAYED WITH HIS STRICKEN PLANE WHILE REMAINING CREW EVACUATED SAFELY.