Robert L. Hale

World War II
Service #0-795731
Unit8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group, Light
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of DeathOctober 24 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart.

Notes

2LT Hale's remains were recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and 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.