Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	305 28 74
Birth Date	December 11, 1924
From	Detroit, Michigan
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Runner (SS-275)
Loss Date	July 11, 1943
Location	North of Hokkaido, Japan
Circumstances	Probably sunk by a mine
Remarks	Robert was born in Plainview Minnesota. He is not to be confused with another man named Robert L. Washburn who was a survivor of the sinking of USS Squalus (SS-192) in 1939.

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