Rank
Class Of
1939
Branch
MIA/KIA
MIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
April 13, 1916
MIA/POW Date
Sept. 3, 1943
Died
Sept. 3, 1943
Fraternity
Delta Upsilon
Awards
Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Buried
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy (Plot Tablets of the Missing)
Image
Biography
Born in Portland, Oregon, SSgt Post was working towards a degree in Education while attending Oregon State College. While serving with the Army Air Force’s 512 Bombardment Squadron, 376 Bombardment Group,the B-24 he was piloting went missing near the Adriatic Sea. He was survived by his wife, parents and four siblings.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56366058/robert-c-post
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bn170#page/11/mo... (pg 9)
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719v86g#page/456/m... (pg 462)
https://www.abmc.gov/node/530422
https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/oregon.html