Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wooster, Ohio
Honored By
Ronald Alan George Graf
Relationship
Son
UPPER DECK GUNNER ON A PBM. SERVED IN ATLANTIC THEATRE THEN ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE. RECEIVED AIR MEDAL AND A VICTORY MEDAL. SHOT DOWN IN SEA OF JAPAN. SPENT 13 HOURS IN LIFE BOAT BEFORE RESCUED BY THE USS RAY SUBMARINE. ROBERT SPENT 9 MONTH IN HOSPITAL THEN DISCHARGED.