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Robert Joseph St. Pierre

aka "Robert J. St. Peter"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 901693
Born

Date
in [location]

Parents

Louis St. Peter
Hester (Lee) St. Peter

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

October 4, 1943
at New York, NY

Joined First Battalion

November 22, 1944
from 17th Replacement Draft

Left First Battalion

February 22, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

February 22, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

352 College Avenue, Bronx, NY – home of parents, Louis & Hester St. Peter
Although Robert served under the surname “St. Pierre,” the family usually appears as “St. Peter” on census and other civilian records.

Service & Campaigns
Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island with Thirteenth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Field Music School, Parris Island; alternately under instruction or confined to base hospital through summer 1944. Transferred to Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Lejeune, fall of 1944, and assigned to 17th Replacement Draft for transit to the Pacific.

Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 22 November 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 22, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel wound, chest); exact circumstances unknown.

Campaign Narrative

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Iwo Jima (Feb. 22, 1945)

Citation

Service Stories

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Robert is buried in Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York
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