Robert Ervin Allred

Korean War
Service #AF14221481
Unit729 BOMB SQ 452 BOMB WING
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathApril 21 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Staff Sergeant Allred was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Staff Sergeant Allred was the tail gunner of a B-26C Invader bomber with the 729th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Wing. On April 21, 1951, while on a night intruder mission, a wing fell off the aircraft causing it to crash. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.