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North
High School Wall of Honor
Robert Ross Wallace
Class of June, 1932 |
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| Research
done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS |
| Robert
Ross Wallace |
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Bob graduated from North High School
in June, 1932. His service number was 8603748. Bob's next of kin was
listed as Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Wallace, 3928 8th Street Place, Des
Moines, IA.
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| Robert Ross Wallace |
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| Year |
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Rank |
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Status |
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| June, 1932 |
x |
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Graduated from North High
School, Des Moines, IA. In 1930, parents lived at 3928 8th Street
Place, Des Moines, IA |
| 1932-1944 |
x |
Employment |
x |
12 years with Hewitt's
Wholesale Food |
| May 30,
1936 |
x |
Family |
|
Married Bertha Etta Gibson
in Indianola, Warren, Iowa, |
| 1940 |
x |
Family |
x |
1940 Census shows 390
Rural, Des Moines, IA (Saylor, Polk, IA) |
| January
17, 1941 |
x |
Family |
x |
Daughter Linda Lou Wallace
(Lang) born in Des Moines. Linda Lou Wallace (Lang) is NHS June,
1959. |
| March 17,
1944 |
x |
US Navy |
x |
Enlisted in US Navy in
Des Moines, IA. Boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center,
IL |
| date |
x |
US Navy |
x |
At Great Lakes, IL; NATTC
Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
| August
15, 1944 |
x |
US Navy/
Ship's cook 3rd class |
x |
Left United States via
USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) to Hawaii, Guam, Ulithi. Japanese
captured the ship. Ship liberated through the intervention of
The Salvation Army. |
| November
24, 1945 |
x |
US Navy |
x |
From Toyko, Japan to the
United States |
| December
14, 1945 |
x |
US Navy |
x |
Returned to United States |
| December
17, 1945 |
x |
US Navy |
x |
Discharged. Where? |
| aft Dec
17, 1945 |
x |
Confined/illness |
x |
Sick with yellow fever
for an extended period of time. |
| 1949 |
x |
Family |
x |
WWII Service Paperwork
shows residence at Clearview Drive, RFD#4, Des Moines, IA |
| -1990 |
x |
Employment |
x |
In dry cleaning business
with relatives and then owned Wallace Cleaners at 3513 Ingersoll
Avenue. Sold cleaners in 1990. |
| July 3,
1995 |
x |
Deceased |
x |
Clive, IA |
| aft July
3, 1995 |
x |
Burial |
x |
Des Moines, IA 50314.
Highland Memory Gardens |
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USS Cumberland
(AV-17)
USS Cumberland Sound was underway on 28 October 1944,
bound for Pearl Harbor carrying six planes, passengers, and cargo. After
training in the Hawaiian Islands, she sailed for Eniwetok on 1 December.
From 13 December 1944 to 1 January 1945 she completed her training at
Eniwetok, then loaded spare parts at Guam and arrived at Ulithi 12 January.
She operated search patrols from this base until 24 June, then returned
to Eniwetok, where until 7 August she tended the seaplanes of Patrol
Bomber Squadron 22. Cumberland Sound rendezvoused with elements of the
3rd Fleet at Okinawa 18 August and sailed to Tokyo Bay, arriving 28
August to set up a seadrome. She remained on occupation duty, conducting
search operations and special flights until 24 November when she headed
for the United States. |
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| Great
Lakes Naval Training Center, IL |
**Naval
Training Center, San Diego |
Tokyo
Bay, Japan |
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| Enlisted
at Old Federal Building, Des Moines |
Naval
Training Station, Farragut, ID |
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| ****USS
Cumberland Sound (AV-17) |
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| USS Cumberland Sound
(AV-17) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons |
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Top Row
- American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory
Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) |
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USS Cumberland
Sound (AV-17) Commanding Officer, Captain Etheridge Grant, USN,
(center), checks charts with a Japanese Navy pilot and LT. Rogers,
USN, (at right), as the seaplane tender prepares to enter Tokyo
Bay, 28 August 1945.
(Robert Ross Wallace was on board ship at this time). |
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| 1945: Bob and Bertha
Wallace |
Bob and daughter
Linda Lou (abt 4 years) |
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| Obtain photo |
| Robert Ross Wallace;
Highland Memory Gardens, Des Moines, IA |
|
Robert
Ross Wallace
Ship's Cook 3rd Class
What group?
United States Navy |
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(Get correct list of medals) Victory Medal
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| References |
| The
comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation
classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School
website. The names of North High School graduates can be found
online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/.
Robert Ross Wallace's 1932 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1932.html. |
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07/03/95. |
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