AIR COMMANDO 2 Robinson, Lewis Merritt

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Robinson ​

• FORENAME

Lewis Merritt ​

• UNIT

1 Air Commando Squadron (14 A.C. Wing)​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

64455​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th June 1967 ​

• AGE

46 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 66 Site 5359 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Saginaw,Michigan​

born 1.2.1921 Saginaw,Michigan​

husband of Elizabeth J. Robinson,Shreveport,Louisiana (4 sons William L.,Braxley C.,Scott W.,Gary L. and 1 daughter Mary L.)​

22 years service​

served WW2 (pilot B-29s) and Korean War​

awards Silver Star,D.F.C. with oak leaf cluster,Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters,Air Force Commendation Medal​

pilot (A-1E Skyraider)​

KIA Saravane Province,Laos​

body not recovered​

Honolulu Memorial,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court A)​

remains repatriated 19.2.1988​

remains identified 5.3.1999​

interred 2.8.1999​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 21E Line 56 ​

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