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First Name: Robert

Last Name: Shumard

Birthplace: Detroit, MI, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: U.S. Army Air Forces (1941 - 1947)



Middle Name: R.



Date of Birth: 07 September 1920

Date of Death: 24 April 1967

Rank: Master Sergeant

Years Served:
Robert R. Shumard

   
Biography:

Robert R. Shumard
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces

Robert R. Shumard was born on 7 September 1920 in Detroit, MI.

Shumard was the Assistant Engineer aboard the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Death and Burial

Master Sergeant Robert R. Shumard died on 24 April 1967 in Allen Park, MI. He is buried at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy, MI.



Honoree ID: 3079   Created by: MHOH

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