Roberts, Orren Augustus
Navy Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1st class

Orren Augustus Roberts, age 27, from Los Angeles., California, Los Angeles county.

Parents: Washington Calhoun Roberts

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, April 5, 1942
Death details: Killed when the Consolidated “Catalina” PBY-5a seaplane, returning from 12.5 hours of patrolling the waters around Hawaii for enemy forces, crashed trying to land in bad weather.

Source: National Archives, Hawaii Museum of Flying