McGraw Robert L.

Monuments

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

Name:

Robert L. McGraw

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

Unit:

10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd Combat Cargo Group

Date of Death:

1944-12-10

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

248-250

Decoration:

Comments:

Robert L. McGrew was born on March 13, 1921. He served in the 10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd Combat Cargo Group as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. Lieutenant McGrew was killed in an airplane crash Dec. 10, 1944, along with three others while flying over the hump in the China-Burma theater of war. He is now buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. He also has a cenotaph located in Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. Robert was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China but his surname is inscribed as McGraw.