Page County

Lt. Robert D. Wenstrand
1918-1944

 

Born: 23 May 1918, Page County, Iowa

Family:
Bennett Beriah Wenstrand (father)
Myrtle Eleanor (Larson) Wenstrand (mother)
James P. Wenstrand (brother)

53 SQ 61 TRP CARR GP

Died: 03 Dec 1944

Source: findagrave

Robert D. Wenstrand was born Mar. 23, 1918 to Bennett B. and Myrtle Eleanor Larson Wenstrand. He died Dec. 3, 1944 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Nyman, IA and memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.

Lt. Wenstrand served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 53rd Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group and was MIA (North Sea) and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.

Source: ancestry.com