Robert J. Meder First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps |
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member of the "Doolittle Raiders," which were the first American forces
to attack the Islands of Japan in World War II.
He took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on April 18, 1942. Following their bombing run, he and his crew crash-landed off the coast of China and were captured by the Japanese. He died of malnutrition and beri-beri on December
1, 1943 while still in captivity. He was cremated by the Japanese and his
ashes were located after the war returned home for burial in Section 12
of Arlington National Cemetery.
Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs, January 2006 MEDER, ROBERT J 1ST LT AAF USA VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 08/23/1917 DATE OF DEATH: 12/11/1943 DATE OF INTERMENT: 01/17/1949 BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 159 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Posted: 11 January 1999 - Updated: 3 April 2004 Updated: 18 September 2004 Updated: 25 November 2005 Updated: 28 January 2006 |
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