Robert Stewart Graustein

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 75
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromFryeburg Maine
Date of DeathDecember 21 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Commander Graustein was a member of Attack Squadron 75, Carrier Air Wing 3 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60). On December 21, 1972, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) over North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on December 4, 1985 and identified on March 7, 1986. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.