Ahern Jr. , Robert William

Name and Rank, First Lieutenant Robert William Ahern Jr.

Unit/placed in, 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces.

Robert was born on 11 April 1921 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Father, Robert William Ahern Sr.

Mother, Ruth Mary (Prindiville) Ahern.

Sisters, Mildred “Doe” Gertrude Mary and Jane Anne Ahern.

Brothers, James Prindiville and Thomas D. Ahern.

Robert entered the Service from Ohio with service number # O-746008.

Robert W. Ahern Jr. rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Pilot (P-38) in the 55th Fighter Squadron.

Robert was KIA during the mission, failed to return shot down by FLAK at Valmeray (Airan), France , on April 23, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal..

Robert W. Ahern Jr. is mentioned/buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial,

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Thanks to http://www.20thfightergroup.com/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KH3J-4CY

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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