Timeline
Birth- Apr 27, 1919
Warren Minnesota
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 25 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Service Number
0-176735
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Served For
United States of America
Aircraft assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger pilot
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Battle- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 25 years
Battle of the Philippine Sea, long range attack of the Japanese fleet
Casualty- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 25 years
Japanese AA guns
Approximately 630 miles west (northwest) of Guam
Death- Jun 21, 1945
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
Jun 20, 1944
Died 20 June 1944 (1945 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Other Facts
Full Name
Robert L Carlson
Mother
Hilda Alfreda Carlson (Engberg)
Sibling
Everett, Theodore
Also Known As
Bob
Full Name
Robert Louis Carlson
Father
Archibald Eugene Carlson
State Of Residence
Minnesota
Place of Residence
Minneapolis
