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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert A. Goldberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

North Carolina

Honored By

USS Block Island Association

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-106 AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT (PILOT) WITH AIR SQUADRON VMF-511. ON MAY 27, 1945, WHILE FLYING IN A DIVISION OF 4 PLANES MAKING BOMBING AND STRAFING ATTACKS ON ENEMY INSTALLATIONS ON ISHIGAKI JIMA, SAKISHIMA GUNTO, HE WAS OBSERVED BY HIS SECTION LEADER TO GO INTO A DIVE AND DID NOT RECOVER. AN ATTEMPT AT RADIO CONTACT BROUGHT NO ANSWER AND A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE AREA WAS MADE BY FELLOW PILOTS BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY TRACE OF HIS PLANE.