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Name: Mitchell, Robert Nelson (Sgt.)
Obituary Date: 17 Jan 1946
Volume: 1943-1947	Page: 075	Year: 1946
Date of Birth: 1924	Date of Death: 10 Jan 1946
Father: Gilbert Mitchell	Mother: Jennie Seaman
Comment: World War II, U. S. Army Air Forces, Sgt. assigned to the 871st Bomber Squadron, 497th Bomber Group, Very Heavy as a tail gunner. On Jan 9, 1945, he was reported MIA in a B-29 bomber raid over Tokyo. Memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. Official date of death per miliary is Jan 10, 1946. Awarded Purple Heart and Air Medal.
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