Friedlein, Robert L.
Navy Ensign

Robert L. Friedlein, age 22, from Jo Daviess County East Dubuque, Illinois .

Parents: Leonard Friedlein (1899 – 1988) and Adele G. Friedlein (1902 – 1978)

Service era: Post World War II

Date of death: Friday, October 1, 1948
Death details: Killed when his plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville, Florida minutes after taking off from the USS Missouri in a training flight.
Cemetery: Memorialized at East Dubuque

Source: Grave marker, usslittlerock.org