Project 888
Name: Robert George LIPPERT
Rank / Rating: S1-Seaman First ClassService #: 313 06 06 DOB: Unknown From: Essex, Ontario Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lippert Went Aboard: Sep 1, 1943 Age When Ship Went Down: Spouse: Children: Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Patricia Stephens (Admin) |
 LIPPERT, Robert G |
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Robert enlisted in the US Navy on May 31, 1943 at Detroit, MI. He arrived for basic training at Great Lakes, IL., on June 2, 1943.
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| On Aug 6, 1943 Robert was received from Great Lakes at the Personnel Distribution Center, Pleasanton, CA as a S2c (Seaman 2nd class). He was transferred Sept 1, 1943 to USS Indianapolis CA-35 and received aboard that same day. His rate was advanced to S1c on June 1, 1944. Robert was on board Indianapolis when she earned 8 of her 10 battle stars. He saw action in the Gilbert Islands operation, Marshall Islands, Asiatic-Pacific raids, Marianas operation, Western Carolina Islands operation and Okinawa Gunto operation. He was entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with one silver and three bronze star devices attached. Robert was lost at sea when Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-58 on July 30, 1945 in the central Pacific. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. He was awarded the Purple Heart, posthumously. Source: Navy Department, Casualty Section, Office of Public Information (1946): Combat Connected Naval Casualties, WWII, by States; Vol. NT-WY; Canada, p. 13; citing Robert George Lippert, S1c, USNR son of Mr and Mrs Harry Lippert of Essex, Ontario, Canada. U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Citing Robert G. Lippert, S1c USNR, of Canada, MIA, Pacific Ocean, 30 July 1945. The American Battle Monuments Commission, citing Robert G. Lippert, S1c, Canada, Service # 313 06 06, memorialized in the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, PI. Official USN records including deck logs and training station logs | |
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