Austin, Robert Allen

Rank and Name, Ensign Robert Allen Austin.

Unit/Placed in, USS Vincennes (CA-44) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Robert is born approx. on 3 Sep. 1917 in New York.

Father, Harlow A. Austin.

Mother, Anna M. Austin.

Sister(s), Helene E. Austin.

Robert enlisted the service in New York with service number # 0-104122.

Robert was KIA when the USS Vincennes was burning and shelled till she sunk at Iron Bottom Sound on 9 Aug. 1942, he is honored with a 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.

Robert is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/cruisers/pages/uss_vincennes_ca44_roll_of_honor.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

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

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

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

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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