AIR COMMANDO 2 Pietsch, Robert Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pietsch ​

• FORENAME

Robert Edward ​

• UNIT

609 Air Commando Squadron (56 A.C. Wing)​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

194285611​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th April 1968 ​

• AGE

31 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 10578​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Cleveland,Ohio​

born 24.12.1936 Green Tree,Pennsylvania​

husband of Audrey Pietsch,Folkstone Drive,Mount Lebanon,Pennsylvania (married 1958) (5 children)​

graduated Dormont High School 1954​

graduated Case Institute of Technology,Cleveland,Ohio (ROTC)​

entered service 1958​

award Air Medal​

pilot ​

A-26A Invader​

KIA Savannakhet Province,Laos​

body not recovered​

declared dead 8.6.1978 as Lieutenant Colonel ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 53E Line 21 ​

remains repatriated 2.8.2006​

remains identified 7.5.2013​

interred 16.10.2013 (group burial with some of his navigator's remains)​

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