The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Louis Cain
Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Date of Death
January 12, 1954
Second Lieutenant Cain was a platoon leader with Company D, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. On January 12, 1954, he was in charge of a demolition squad clearing a path through a minefield near Igilli, North Korea, when a squad member detonated a mine killing him.