Robert R. Keown

World War II
Service #0-754515
Unit36th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Alabama
Date of DeathFebruary 7 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 2nd Lt. Robert R. Keown were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Manila American Cemetery.

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.