Name:
Robert P. Claus
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-668199
Unit:
334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-08
State:
New York
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Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert P. Claus was born in 1919 in New York. He enlisted in the military on February 3, 1941. He served in the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant during World War II.
On April 8, 1944, he was lost during an engagement with over 30 German aircraft between Celle and Wittengen, Germany; not seen to go down. His current burial place is unknown.
Source of information: 4thfightergroupassociation.org