Robert Percy Neisser was born on April 24, 1911 in Littleton, North Carolina. He was employed by the Union Manufacturing Company prior to entering the Army in December, 1942. He held a commercial pilot's and instructor's license before enlisting. Capt. Neisser had been assigned to the Air Service Command's 310th Ferrying Squadron. As a pilot with this squadron, he supplied combat outfits in both the European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operations with aircraft throughout the war. CPT Neisser was killed in an airplane accident in Dübendorf, Switzerland on August 18, 1945. He was temporarily buried in what was then the American Cemetery in Münsingen, Switzerland. His final resting place is in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA.