GOLDBERG, ROBERT “BOBBY”, JR. – CAPT, USMC

GOLDBERG, ROBERT “BOBBY”, JR. – CAPT, USMC

GOLDBERG, ROBERT “BOBBY”, JR. – CAPT, USMC

Class of 1942
Service: U.S. Marines
Service Dates: 1942-45
Rank: CAPTAIN
MOS: FIGHTER PILOT
Notable: MIA/KIA
Marine Corsair fighter pilot First Lt. Bobby Goldberg, flying with VMF-511 on the USS Block Island, disappeared over the Pacific’s Ryukyu Islands in May 1945. Seven years later the government declared him killed in action. His father never accepted finality. First Lt. Robert Aaron Goldberg Jr., U.S. Marine Corps F8U Corsair pilot, VMF-511, carrier USS Block Island. Disappeared over the Ryukyu Islands on May 27, 1945. Declared killed in action seven years later. “As long as he lived he would not have been surprised if Bobby walked in 40 years later,” Goldberg's sister, Libby O’Quinn, said. “He’d say, ‘I’ve been waiting for you.’” Goldberg, blessed with leadership potential, is among 248 New Hanover County men who died in service to our country during World War II.
Accolades: KIA

Mission

New Hanover High School Alumni Organization mission is to establish and enhance alumni relations within the New Hanover High School community and to promote education and historical preservation.