Name and Rank, Lieutenant Ross Forest Robinson.
Unit/Placid in, Fighter Squadron 2 (VF-2), United States Navy.
Ross was born approx. on Sep. 2, 1922 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Father, Wald R. Robinson.
Mother, Ethel A. Robinson.
Sisters, Laverne M. and Patricia J. Robinson.
Brothers, Robert J. and Donald J. Robinson.
Ross entered the service from Minnesota with service number # no record.
Ross F. Robinson was a Lieutenant (Pilot of a in the Grumman F6F Hellcat) .
Ross F. Robinson died during a flight show at NAS Jacksonville, flying a Grumman F6F Bearcat when his wingtip broke off, on Sep. 29, 1946, he is honored with an Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
It was with one of the First Blue Angels Navy Flight Demostration Squadron.
Ross is buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.
Thanks to
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
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
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website,
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
