Kunz Robert C.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

Robert C. Kunz

Rank:

Major

Serial Number:

Unit:

2nd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Death:

1945-06-19

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines

Plot:

Walls of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Robert C. Kunz was a graduate of Port Washington High school and of St. Lawrence university, Canton, and attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., prior to entering the service in 1941. He won his wings at Frederick Field, Okla., in January, 1944

He was a flight meteorologist and was sent overseas in the later last year. He had been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight before he was reported missing. During World War II, he served in the US Air Corps as a Major and Pilot of an aircraft.

On June 19, 1945, he was killed while piloting his B-25 Mitchell Medium bomber and crashed into a mountain in Northern China but body was never recovered. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Maj. Kunz was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov