Robert Edward Femoyer is one of only six known Eagle Scouts who also received the Medal of Honor. The others are Aquilla J. Dyess, Eugene B. Fluckey, Mitchell Paige, Leo K. Thorsness and Jay Zeamer, Jr.. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces and is the only navigator awarded the Medal of Honor. Wikipedia
While on a mission, the bomber, of which Second Lieutenant Femoyer was the navigator, was struck by three enemy antiaircraft shells. www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/femoyer_r...
Robert E. Femoyer , Class of 1944, an Eagle Scout, graduated from Saint Joseph Catholic High School in Huntington, West Virginia. www.armyrotc.vt.edu/Cadets/medal_of_honor_recipients.htm
Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy posthumously recognized with Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan Washington D.C., October 22, 2007-- www.cmohs.org/
Lt. Robert Femoyer (1921-1944) was killed in action during World War II while serving as navigator of a bomber on a mission near Merseburg, Germany. members.aol.com/jeff560/famousf.html
Femoyer Hall Location: Stanger Street (Upper Quad) Robert Femoyer Robert Femoyer '44 joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a private at Roanoke, Va., Nov. 11 1942. www.vt.edu/about/buildings/bldg.php?name=Femoyer+Hall
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Robert Edward Femoyer. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Femoyer
Robert Edward Femoyer (Class of 1944; non-graduate, attended 1940-43). Born 31 October 1921, Huntington, West Virginia. Died at Rattlesden, England of wounds sustained 2 November 1944 during air raid over Merseburg, Germany. Buried at Greenlawn Cemeter spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/cadets/medalhon.htm
