USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Klemcke, Robert Lee

Service Dates: 1942-1943

Rank/Duty Assigned: Seaman 2nd Class

Robert Lee Klemcke was one of nine sailors killed on December, 4, 1943 while aboard the USS Lexington CV16 during the World War2 Pacific Theater raid on Kwajalein. He was from Von Army, Texas and was 18 years old.