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NAME Joseph Karl Rohrl |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-8030 |
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| HOME OF RECORD 5035 41st Street NW, Washington, DC raised Oklahoma City |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Mary F. Rohrl |
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| DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1917 |
ENTERED SERVICE 1941 |
DATE OF LOSS December 11, 1942 |
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| REGION Solomons |
CAMPAIGN / AREA New Georgia |
CASUALTY TYPE MIA / Declared Dead December 12, 1943 |
UNIT VMSB-132 |
DUTY Pilot |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Second Lieutenant Joseph Rohrl was a pilot assigned to VMSB-132, part of the Cactus Air Force based out of Guadalcanal.On 11 December 1942, Rorhl and his radioman, Corporal Francis O. Wellington, participated in a strike against Japanese destroyers off New Georgia. Their aircraft (SBD-3 Bureau Number 03344) was hit while in its dive; Rohrl could not pull up, and the plummeting Dauntless crashed into the sea. No trace of Lieutenant Rohrl or Corporal Wellington, was ever seen again. Both men were declared dead on 12 December 1943. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Second Lieutenant posthumous Captain |
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| STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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