Robert McNutt, Jr. served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a First Lieutenant with the 334th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy, during World War II. A Bombardier, he was killed on June 13, 1944 when his B-17F Flying Fortress (#42-30164) crashed over Keil, Germany. The B-17F had been hit before reaching the target and was seen flying over the target with #4 engine smoking. After dropping its bombs, it was attacked from the nose by a formation of three fighters. It was seen to have been hit by several explosive shells and to go down banking sharply to the right. Lieutenant McNutt was received the following awards: the Air Medal, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.