Name:
Robert Lloyd Hall
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-812808
Unit:
352nd Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-07
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Mount Olivet Memorial Park, Zion, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Plot:
Section G
Row:
29
Grave:
1
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Robert Lloyd Hall was born on August 19, 1919, in Lake County, Illinois. He was the son of Henry Horace Hall and June E. Robinson Hall. He was the husband of Irene Lucille Mapes Wilson.
Robert served in the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on the P-51 #43-24845 during World War II. On June 7, 1944, he took off from Station F-141 in Bodney, England, for an armed reconnaissance mission. Unfortunately, at 2:00 PM, he was shot down by flak while strafing a German convoy. His aircraft crashed near La Ferronnière in the commune of St-Cosme-en-Vairais. 1Lt Hall was killed in this incident.
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