Notes for: Robert Sheldon Strickling

Military news item:

"Robert Sheldon Strickling was born in West Union, W.Va., February 14, 1918. He united with the West Union Christian Church at an early age.

"He graduated from West Union High School in 1936, and the following year attended Shenandoah College at Dayton, Va.

"He entered the Armed Forces in June, 1942, and began his training at pre-flight school, Kelly Field, Texas. He took his primary training at Stamford, Texas, Basic at Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, and Advanced training at Ellington Field, Texas, where he completed his course on February 16 1943. He was then stationed at Greenville, S.C. Robert met his death when the medium bomber which he was piloting crashed from an unknown cause near Tullahoma, Tenn., on August 30th, 1943."