Rank and Name, Private First Class Robert Wilson Andrews.
Unit/Placed in, 602nd Field Artillery Battalion.
Robert is born approx. on 1915 in Missouri.
Father, Clarence Andrews.
Mother, Mary Andrews.
Sister(s), Louise and Hazel Andrews.
Brother(s), Morris, C.W. and Glen Andrews.
Robert enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 17016615.
Robert died guarding a patient who jumped overboard, he tried to save him but drowned a Dutch harbor during Transport to the US on Nov. 28, 1943, he is honored with a Soldiers Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com