Staff Sergeant Robert Herbert Pressentin | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Robert Herbert Pressentin

Graduating Class of 1942
Served in World War II

Staff Sergeant
Robert Herbert Pressentin

Army Air Forces
358th Bombardment Squadron
303th Bomber Group

Hometown

Madison, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Magdeburg, Germany

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands

More About Staff Sergeant Pressentin

Staff Sergeant Pressentin enlisted 5 Jun 1941. At the time of his enlistment, he was noted being employed as a metallurgist in Milwaukee. Staff Sergeant Pressentin served as a Right Waist Gunner on B-17G (#43-38186). Staff Sergeant Pressentin was killed in action when his B-17G was attacked by German aircraft and crashed near Magdeburg, southeast of Wolfenbüttel, Germany.