Robert William Friedrichs

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Robert William Friedrichs Veteran

Birth
Bloomfield, Knox County, Nebraska, USA
Death
23 May 1946 (aged 19)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.00962, Longitude: -118.0477211
Plot
Mountain View Lawn, Gate 17, Section 2, Lot 2421, Grave 3
Memorial ID
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San Gabriel- Funeral arrangements were being made today for Robert W. Friedrichs, 19 year old Navy Air Cadet, of 404 Milton Drive, who was killed in a Texas plane crash Thursday.
Details of the accident were disclosed today by the Navy following notification of his next of kin.
Friedrichs was killed along with an instructor when their plane crashed on a routine flight from Christi Naval Air Station. The crash is being investigated.
He was flying with Lieut. (jg) Raymond.R. Couture, USN son of Mr and Mrs. A.M. Couture, of Lynn, Mass.
Cadet Friedrichs, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Friedrichs of San Gabriel, would have celebrated his 20th birthday Sunday. An Alhambra High School graduate, he had been in the Navy since August 1944.
San Gabriel- Funeral arrangements were being made today for Robert W. Friedrichs, 19 year old Navy Air Cadet, of 404 Milton Drive, who was killed in a Texas plane crash Thursday.
Details of the accident were disclosed today by the Navy following notification of his next of kin.
Friedrichs was killed along with an instructor when their plane crashed on a routine flight from Christi Naval Air Station. The crash is being investigated.
He was flying with Lieut. (jg) Raymond.R. Couture, USN son of Mr and Mrs. A.M. Couture, of Lynn, Mass.
Cadet Friedrichs, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Friedrichs of San Gabriel, would have celebrated his 20th birthday Sunday. An Alhambra High School graduate, he had been in the Navy since August 1944.