The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Lester Seese
Rank
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
21 TRP CARR SQ 374 TRP CARR WING
Date of Death
April 30, 1951
Technical Sergeant Seese was a crew member of a C-47D Skytrain transport with the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, "Kyushu Gypsies", 374th Troop Carrier Wing. On April 30, 1951, while on a leaflet dropping mission along the Seoul to Wonsan highway, contact was lost after a transmission from 50 miles South of Wonsan. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on January 31, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.