Robert Louis Cyr Jr.

He was born on June 14, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Gertrude Germaine (nee” Keegan) and Robert Louis Cyr, and raised in Hartford, Connecticut.

In January 1944, Cyr was assigned to Navy Patrol Squadron 91. DPAA historians report that on Jan. 22, 1944, Cyr and eight other crew members were on board a PBY-5 Catalina seaplane when it crashed during takeoff in the Segond Channel, New Hebrides, now the Republic of Vanuatu. Of the nine crew members, three survived, four were recovered in the days following the crash, and two, including Cyr, were not recovered following the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the Navy Expeditionary Medal.

For the past 81 years Cyr has been memorialized on Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.

In addition to his parents, his sister, Dorothy Cyr and her sons, Robert L. Corrado and Anthony J. Gould passed before his recovery.

He is survived by his niece, Chickie Gould; ten great nieces and nephews, fourteen great-great nieces and nephews; and twelve great-great-great nieces and nephews.

Now that he has been accounted for, he will be laid to rest with his family at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, 2860 Sunset Point Road, Clearwater, Florida 33759.