Robert Anthony Burke
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 963480
November 12, 1920
in Lafayette, IN
Harry Milton Burke, Sr. (d. 1931)
Margaret Hannah (Page) Burke
later Mrs. Margaret H. Eaton
Jefferson High School (1938)
Purdue University (ex-1942)
Aluminum Company of America
June 19, 1944
at Indianapolis, IN
February 27, 1945
from 30th Replacement Draft
March 8, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 8, 1945
Killed in action
903 Union Street, Lafayette, IN – address of wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Sines) Burke, and children Kenneth and Nancy Lee
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with 11th Recruit Battalion; outposted to Seventh Training Battalion, Camp Lejeune, NC. On 23 October 1944, transferred to 30th Replacement Draft for deployment overseas attached to Fourth Marine Division.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines as a battle replacement on Iwo Jima.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 521 (Basic)
Important Events:
February 27, 1945 – joined from 30th Replacement Draft
March 8, 1945 – killed in action (multiple unspecified wounds); exact circumstances unknown
March 10, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 27, Grave 1336, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 8, 1945)
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