Corporal, United States Army Air Force Service# 6563480
28TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 19TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY), V BOMBER COMMAND, 5TH ARMY AIR FORCE
Home or Place of Enlistment: Ada County, Idaho Date of Loss: September 7, 1944 Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines
Keith W. Robertson was captured by Imperial Japan while serving in the Philippine Islands, and was sent to PW Camp #2 near Davao, Mindanao, Philippines where 540 other American POWs were held. Keith's capture was first reported to the International Committee of the Red Cross on May 7, 1942, and the last report was made on September 7, 1944. Based on these two reports, Keith was imprisoned for at least 854 days (2 years and ~5 months). Keith died in the sinking of the Shinyo Maru on September 7, 1944, while in Prisoner of War status.