Robert L. Weaver

Korean War
Service #2114996
RankAviation Electronics Technician Third Class U.S. Navy
Date of DeathDecember 20 1952
National Defense Service Medal
Aviation Firefighter Second Class Weaver was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Aviation Firefighter Second Class Weaver was a member of the crew of the aircraft carrier USS YORKTOWN (CV-10). On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on takeoff. Ninety personnel on board perished.