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1LT Oran Wilford “Will” Roberts Jr.
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1LT Oran Wilford “Will” Roberts Jr.

Birth
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Death
7 May 1945 (aged 22–23)
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID
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Will was born to Oran Wilford and Mary Ethel Howerton Roberts. Their only child. He never married.
Will was a 1LT in the U.S. Army Air Corps., 27th Fighter Squadron, 5th Fighter Group, and was shot down over the South China Sea during World War II. His body was never recovered.
He is listed on the "Tablets of the Missing", Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Also, there is a memorial dedicated to him next to his parents at Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas...Section 2, Row 16.
Will was born to Oran Wilford and Mary Ethel Howerton Roberts. Their only child. He never married.
Will was a 1LT in the U.S. Army Air Corps., 27th Fighter Squadron, 5th Fighter Group, and was shot down over the South China Sea during World War II. His body was never recovered.
He is listed on the "Tablets of the Missing", Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Also, there is a memorial dedicated to him next to his parents at Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas...Section 2, Row 16.

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Entered the service from Texas.



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  • Created by: Stephen Kent Walker
  • Added: May 28, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19581151/oran_wilford-roberts: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Oran Wilford “Will” Roberts Jr. (1922–7 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19581151, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Stephen Kent Walker (contributor 6825634).