The remains of a Kansas WWII Veteran killed in World War II are finally returning home. U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, of Plains, Kansas, was killed during a bombing mission in Romania. He was killed August 1st, 1943 when his plane was hit by enemy fire. Elliot was just 24-years-old. His remains could not be identified at the time, so he was buried alongside other unidentified soldiers in Romania.
After the war, the remains of all unnamed U. S. casualties were taken from the cemetery in Romania. Elliot’s remains were finally identified in February by a laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Sergeant Robert Elliott will be interred at Plains Cemetery, Tuesday, August 1st – exactly 80 years to the day, he was killed in action. He served in the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force.
