Becker, Robert Franklin
First Name
Robert
Middle Name
Franklin
Last Name
Becker
Serial Number
18001396
Service Branch
Army Air Corps
Highest Rank
PVT
War or Action
World War II
Date Of Birth
10/14/1917
Place Of Birth
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
County
Denver
Biography

Nicknamed "Bob". Son of Roscoe Harry Becker and Dorothy Mae Drager Schenck. Married to Dolores Olga Roberts Miller. Member 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. Taken prisoner of war in the Philippines and taken aboard prison ship Oryoky Maru. Survived inadvertent sinking of ship by American planes at Subic Bay and placed aboard prison ship Enoura Maru. Killed when bomb from attacking USS Hornet plane inadvertently struck ship. Initially buried at Taiwan in attempted mass cremation. Remains ultimately repatriated to Hawaii. Listed upon Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery. Cenotaph at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

Place Of Burial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii
Place Of Death
Takao Harber, Formosa (Taiwan)
Circumstances
Missing In Action (Died Prisoner Of War)
Row Number
95
Column Number
3
Panel Number
10

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