Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	862 00 57
Birth Date	July 31, 1916
From	Pontiac, Michigan
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Scamp (SS-277)
Loss Date	November 16, 1944
Location	Off Inubo Saki near Tokyo Bay
Circumstances	Probably lost in a depth charge attack
Remarks	Robert was born in Houghton, Michigan.  Photo is from the 1934 Quiver Yearbook of the Pontiac High School varsity football team.

Photo courtesy of: G Brieger, Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society, Michigan, via Vicky Nelson and Jim Baldwin.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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