PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Needham, Robert F.
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  December 26th, 1941 (near Lucban/province of Quezon, Philippines)
Buried on:  American Cemetery and Memorial Manila
Nationality:  American
BIOGRAPHY: 
His name is listed on the "Wall of Missings" at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila/Philippines.
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant (Second-lieutenant)
Unit: Company C, 194th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army
Action: For action performed on 26 December 1941 in Lucban/province of Quezon, island of Luzon, Philippines.
Details: Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant (Second-lieutenant)
Unit: Company C, 194th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army
 
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Information source(s):   - Salecker, G.E., Rolling Thunder against the Rising Sun – The Combat History of U.S. Army Tank Battalions in the Pacific in World War II, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2008
- Proviso East High School: Bataan Commemorative Research Project
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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