Heun, Robert G. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Robert G. Heun.

Unit/Placed in, 47th Bomber Squadron, 41th Bomber Group (medium).

Robert was born approx. on 1920 in Wisconsin.

Father, Arthur Heun.

Mother, Lilian (Haendel) Heun.

Sister(s), Laverne E. Heun.

Robert enlisted the service at Wisconsin with serial number # 0-743336.

Robert‘s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,

2nd Lt. Robert G. Heun Pilot

2nd Lt. Frederick W. Nlotz Co-Pilot

2nd Lt. Paul McLaughlin Bombardier/Navigator

S/Sgt. Warren A. Fenno Radio Operator/Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lafors Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Sam A. Smith Tail Gunner

Robert was KIA when the plane (above the Maloelap Atol, Marhall Islands)partially crumbled, exploded then crashed in sea on Jan 22, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Aviator Badge, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Robert is mentioned/buried at Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Thanks to, http://41stbombgrp.com/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com