Name: Robert Carl ERNST
Rank / Rating: F2-Fireman Second Class
Service #: 566 31 28
DOB: 1927
From: Los Angeles, CA
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Went Aboard: Dec 01, 1944
Age When Ship Went Down: 18
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Bio Submitted By: Admin
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Burial at Sea Robert was one of the ten crew members picked up and identified by USS Cecil J. Doyle. He was located at 0910 hours at 11 degrees 26 minutes North Latitude and 132 degrees 34 minuets East Longitude on Monday August 6, 1945. Robert was "committed to the deep" in the official Burial at Sea Ceremony performed by the Commanding Officer on August 7, 1945, at 11 degrees 13 minutes North Latitude and 132 degrees 24 minutes East Longitude.