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F2c Robert Emile Budd
Robert Emile Budd was born on Oct. 2, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Berthe, was a homemaker born in Paris, France, and his father, David Benjamin, a builder born in London, England.
By the time of the spring 1940 Census, Robert was identified as a general helper for a construction firm — possibly the one his father owned by then. He worked six weeks in 1939 and earned $90.
Robert completed 10th grade at Cooley High in Detroit, where he played football.
Young Mr. Budd enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 8, 1940, earning $21 a month as an apprentice seaman. He was a fireman second class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Sources: the Detroit Free Press; Census; Navy enlistment records and muster roll. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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