Military Involvement
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Robert Harry Wykoff was born Mar. 21, 1924 to Harry and Lulu Stevens Wykoff. He died Nov. 24, 1943 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 2, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Wykoff served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) which was sunk in the Pacific as the result of an attack by a Japanese submarine. He was MIA/FOD/KIA and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Sayre Wylie was born Apr. 5, 1918 to Paul E. and Mary A. Sayre Wylie. He died May 19, 1944 and is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium.
1st Lt. Wylie served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Pilot on B-17G, #42-97455, with the 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy. He was KIA and awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Jul 2023