Robert (Bob) R. Deignan was born in Bloomfield Wisconsin in 1925.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Deignan, and he had a brother James who was also in the service.  Bob graduated from the Lake Geneva High School in 1943.  He entered the service on 3 September 1943 and shipped to Europe on 26 November 1944.  Bob was assigned to the 327th Bomber Squadron of the 92nd Bomber Group.  He was the radio operator of a B-17, serial number 44-6584.  On 3 March 1945, the bomber was returning from a mission to bomb Chemnitz in Germany when it suffered a mid-air collision with another B-17 (43-38675) at Forchies-La-Marche (near Charleroi) Belgium.  All but one of the members of the crew died in the crash.  The other members of the crew who are buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery are Erwin F. Schmidt (Pilot), Cletus R. Brown (Navigator), Marcus H. McCrery (Bombardier), and Ray E. Wold (Right Waist Gunner.)  There is a memorial to the crew at Forchies-La-Marche.)
Information from the Lake Geneva Regional News (13 July 1944, 5 April 1945 and 26 April 1945) and from the Record Service Book of the Men and Women of Genoa City Wisconsin, courtesy of Erwin Derhaag. Information was also from https://airmenmemorial.wordpress.com/a-propos/