Rank and Name,  Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert Eupherian Abell Jr.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Robert is born in No Record, North Carolina.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Robert enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 0-207103.

Robert was KIA when a Japanese Dive Bomber true 2 bombs on the Ship on May 19, 1945,  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Robert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to  https://www.navysite.de/cv/cv13.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/