Timeline
Birth- 13 Jul 1914
Scranton Pennsylvania
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 30 years
Gold Star
Served For
United States of America
Awards
Air Medal
Rank
Aviation Radioman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Service Number
6143496
Conflict Period
World War II
Aircraft assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "radioman" - operated radios and manned 30 caliber gun
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Battle- 20 Jun 1944-Age: 30 years
Battle of the Philippine Sea, long range attack on the Japanese fleet
Casualty- 20 Jun 1944-Age: 30 years
Japanese AA guns
Approximately 630 miles west (northwest) of Guam
Death- 21 Jun 1945
Death
21-Jun-45
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
20 Jun 1944
Died 20 June 1944 (1945 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines
Other Facts
Full Name
Charles A Trau, Jr
Full Name
Charles Arthur Trau, Jr
Mother
Margaret E. Trau (Morgan)
Father
Charles A. Trau
Sibling
William Trau, Robert Trau
Also Known As
"Trouser"
State Of Residence
Ohio
Marriage
Mary Maude Trau (Hart)
