Bassett, Robert Alexander
Navy Machinist’s mate 2nd class

Robert Alexander Bassett from Ohio County Wheeling, West Virginia .

Parents: Stella Milson Bassett

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American, Purple Heart

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org