Robert L. McIntosh

World War II
Service #O-802054
Unit27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Indiana
Date of DeathMay 12 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters
Notes

1st Lt. Robert L. McIntosh was initially reported Missing in Action on May 12, 1944. He was later assigned an Administrative Date of Death on Nov. 7, 1945. In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) excavated a crash site in Italy and recovered a set of human remains that would be later identified as McIntosh. In 2016, His remains were repatriated to Indiana for burial. His name is permanently engraved on the walls of the missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy. For more information in 1st. Lt. McIntosh, please visit DPAA's website at www.dpaa.mil and follow the "News and Stories" tab.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.