Robert Alton Pegues
b. 27 February 1923, d. 25 February 1945
- Father: John Edward Pegues b. 18 November 1883, d. 12 January 1924
- Mother: Beulah Flanagan b. 25 October 1885, d. 11 April 1971
- Robert Alton Pegues was born on 27 February 1923 in Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas.
- Beulah Flanagan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Crystal City, Zavala County, Texas, at Uvalde Street enumerated next to the household of her husband's father's widowed second wife Mamie Pegues.. Other members of the household included Robert Alton Pegues, Alice Mae Pegues and Curtis Scott Pegues.
- Beulah Flanagan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Crystal City, Zavala County, Texas, at 221 West Uvalde Street. Other members of the household included Robert Alton Pegues.
- He enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He served with the rank of sergeant as an armorer-gunner with the 455th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bombardment Group, and was the recipient of the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart and additional Army awards. on 10 November 1942, in San Antonio, Texas.
- Robert Alton Pegues died on 25 February 1945 at age 21 in Germany killed in action on a B-26 combat mission three kilometers northwest of Lechenich.
- He was interred at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eljsden-Margarten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
- Last Edited: 30 Aug 2016