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Robert
Johnson
MIA (WWII) KIA

Home:

Telford

, 

Pennsylvania

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Bombing Squadron 86 (VB-86)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wasp (CV-18)

    Action Date:

    March 19, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 368 (October 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert Johnson (NSN: 0-146078), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Dive Bomber in Bombing Squadron EIGHTY-SIX (VB-86), embarked in U.S.S. WASP (CV-18), over Kure Naval Base, Japan, on 19 March 1945.