Name and Rank, Corporal Robert H. Saas.
Unit/Placed in, Quartermaster Corps, 453rd. Amphibious Transport Company.
Robert was born approx. on 1915 in Wisconsin.
Parents and Siblings, no record available.
Robert entered the service from Wisconsin with service number # 6917877.
Robert H. Saas was an Engineer in the 42nd Bomber Squadron.
Robert’s crewmembers and their positions onboard the plane a B-24 were,
1st Lt. Thomas D. Reale Pilot
2nd Lt. Melvin S. Yost Co Pilot
1st Lt. Ralph H. Junge Navigator
Cpl. Robert H. Saas Engineer
Sgt. George N. Ebinger Asst Engineer
T/Sgt. Harold G. Martin Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Stanley R. Chodkowski Asst Radio Operator
Pvt. Rodney D. Power Armored Gunner
Pvt. Carmen Rodriguez Gunner
Capt. Woodrow S. Hazel Passenger
Robert was died when his plane was on a Gunnery run and had to land in the sea because of a fire, on Sep.12, 1944, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing.
Thanks to http://11thbombgroup.org/historyofthe11thbg.html
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
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
