Robert L. Christopherson

World War II
Service #17017152
Unit65th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Minnesota
Date of DeathJune 26 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Silver Star
Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.
Notes

CPL Christopherson's remains were recovered in 1982 and identified in 2001.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.