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AUER-ROBERT

ROBERT  LEE "BUD" AUER

Rate/Rank
LTJG
Service Branch
USN 00/0000 - 12/1944
Born
1921
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
MIA- ON TARGET TOWING MISSION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD A ENGINE FAILURE, AND THEY DITCHED IT IN SEA WHAT WENT WRONG.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
MISSING IN ACTION - ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. DECLARED DEAD, 12/29/1944
UTILITY SQUADRON 2 (VJ-2)
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN ASIAN PACIFIC
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL