Schaefer, Robert Edward, AD2

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

Last Primary NEC
AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Machinist's Mate

Primary Unit
1951-1951, AD-0000, VP-46 Grey Knights

Service Years
1948 - 1951

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1930

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Casualty Info

Home Town Bellview, IL	Last Address San Diego, CA

Casualty Date Jan 01, 1951
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Korea	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class Schaefer was a crew member of a PBM-5 Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 46 U.S. Navy. On January 11, 1951, his aircraft crashed at sea near Amani O'Shima, Japan and he drowned

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 5686901

1951-1951, AD-0000, VP-46 Grey Knights

From Month/Year - / 1951	To Month/Year - / 1951
Unit VP-46 Grey Knights Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Second Class	NEC AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	VP-46 Grey Knights Details

	Type Aviation Fixed Wing
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By AMS Cuthbertson, James Marshall, Jr. (Cut), AMS1(AW) 224

Last Updated: Jan 1, 2018

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