Robert Louis McDermott was born July 19, 1925 to James Bell and Mildred Matilda Laartz McDermott. He died Nov. 18, 1994 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, IA.
Petty Officer McDermott served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps aboard the USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), USS Leyte (CV-332), and USS Randolph (CV-16),
Sources: ancestry.com
