Rank and Name, Ensign Robert Paul Atchison.
Unit/Placed in, Aviation Fighter Squadron 50 (VF-50), United States Naval Reserve.
Robert is born approx. on no record.
Father, William Edward Atchinson.
Robert enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 0-414685.
Robert died returning from a routine Operation, when he landed flew against the ramp, fell in Sea and drowned on 30 Aug. 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.wings-aviation.ch/22-USNavy-Carrier/Fleet-Carrier/25/USS-Cowpens.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
