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Robert B. Birdsall
Robert B. Birdsall
Technical Sergeant,
U.S. Army Air Forces
Service #17024096
Assigned to the U.S Army Air Corps,
Headquarters Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Died on September 7, 1944
While In Prisoner of War Status
Awards: Purple Heart
TSGT Birdsall entered the US Army Air Corps from Wyoming
and his loss is recorded in the
Wyoming World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 1,
published by the War Department in June 1946.
His name is engraved on the
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines,
and is listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.
The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946
SERIAL NUMBER
17024096
NAME
BIRDSALL ROBERT B
GRADE, ALPHA
Technical Sergeant
SERVICE CODE
ARMY
ARM OR SERVICE
Air Corps
DATE REPORT
5/7/1942
RACE
WHITE
STATE OF RESIDENCE
Wyoming
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Organizations and Activities Not Otherwise Provide
PARENT UNIT NUMBER
5 (Undefined Code or Value)
PARENT UNIT TYPE
6 Group/Regiment/Commands/System
AREA
Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
LATEST REPORT DATE
9/7/1944
SOURCE OF REPORT
Sources considered official.
STATUS
Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
DETAINING POWER
JAPAN
CAMP
Puerto Princesa Palawan Philippines 9-115
REP
(No Data Entered)
POW TRANSPORT SHIPS
Shinyo Maru, Sank 7 September 1944
Online Related Information:
This casuality is listed on the DPMO Defense Prisoner of War - Missing Personnel Office as "Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII", last updated 30 Sept 2013.
The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER
17024096
NAME
BIRDSALL ROBERT B
RESIDENCE: STATE
Wyoming
RESIDENCE: COUNTY
CAMPBELL
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
FT FRANCIS E WARREN CHEYENNE WYOMING
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
4/29/1941
GRADE, ALPHA
Private
BRANCH: CODE
Air Corps
TERM OF ENLISTMENT
0, Undefined Code
LONGEVITY
(No Data Entered)
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
Civil Life
NATIVITY
ILLINOIS
YEAR OF BIRTH
20
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
White, citizen
EDUCATION
4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
105, Clerks, general office
MARITAL STATUS
Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #
#, 0204, 2.97
Online Related Information:
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