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Robert E. Galer

US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

Died when: 91 years 246 days (1100 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Robert E. Galer

Brigadier General Robert Edward Galer (24 October 1913 – 27 June 2005) was a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in aerial combat during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.

He went on to command Marine Aircraft Group 12 during the Korean War and retired a few years after in 1957.


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