Timeline
Birth- Oct 13, 1921
Gorman Texas
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 23 years
Service Number
6022833
Awards
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Rank
Aviation Radioman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Rate/Rank
Aviation Radioman, Petty Officer First Class (ARM1c)
Aircraft assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "radioman" - operated radios and manned 30 caliber gun
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 23 years
Japanese AA guns
Approximately 630 miles west (northwest) of Guam
Battle- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 23 years
Battle of the Philippine Sea, long range attack of the Japanese fleet
Death- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 23 years
Approximately 630 miles west (northwest) of Guam
Burial
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Texas
Full Name
Conrad A Lantron
Mother
Johnnie M. Lantron
Father
Bascom Sherman Lantron
Full Name
Conrad Adolphus Lantron