Robert Edward Langner
"Lank"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 950154
January 20, 1926
in Westwood, NJ
George William Langner
Mabel (Schantz) Langner
Westwood High School (1944)
High school student
April 3, 1944
at New York, NY
September 18, 1944
from 65th Replacement Bn.
March 1, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 1, 1945
Killed in action
104 Wheeler Avenue, Westwood, NJ – address of parents, George & Mabel Langner
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Fourth Recruit Battalion; outposted to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In July 1944, on rolls of 65th Replacement Battalion for deployment overseas.
Joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 18 September 1944.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 604 (Machine Gunner)
Important Events:
March 1, 1945 – killed in action (shell fragment, head); exact circumstances unknown
March 6, 1943 – buried in Plot 1, Row 23, Grave 1121, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 1, 1945)
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