ROBERT  MURRAY "BUTCHER BOB"  HANSON

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Rate/Rank
 1STLT
Service Branch
USMCR 5/1942 - 2/1944
Born
 02/04/1920
LUCKNOW, INDIA
KILLED IN ACTION - 2/3/1944 - CREDITED WITH 25 ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
MARINE FIGHTING SQUADRON VMF-215, BOUGAINVILLE, NEW BRITIAN ISLANDS
NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR 
NAVY CROSS 
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS MARINE CORPS 
AIR MEDAL NAVY 
PURPLE HEART MEDAL MARINE CORPS 
AMERCAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL MARINE CORPS 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL MARINE CORPS 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL MARINE CORPS