Coughenour Robert A., Jr.

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Robert A., Jr. Coughenour is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

356th Fighter Group Monument

Name:

Robert A., Jr. Coughenour

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-695156

Unit:

359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-08

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Robert A. Coughenour, Jr. was born on May 7, 1924, in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Robert Andrew Coughenour and Gladys Coughenour.

Robert, Jr. served in the 359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Fighter Pilot during World War II. He failed to return from an operational sortie when his engine encountered problems over the North Sea near Orford Ness, Norfolk. 2Lt Coughenour was declared Missing in Action. His body was never found, but his name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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