Robert Lee Breslin

Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 812679

Born

July 30, 1924
in Cincinnati, OH

Parents

Lawrence Joseph Breslin
Laura (Brill) Breslin

School

Withrow High School

Pre-War Employment

Peerless Foundry

Entered Service

March 1, 1943
at Cincinnati, OH

Joined First Battalion

September 9, 1943
from MCB Quantico

Left First Battalion

June 16, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan

Left Service

June 16, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

3843 Mount Vernon Street, Cincinnati, OH – address of parents, Lawrence & Laura Breslin

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Enlisted at Cincinnati, OH, on 1 March 1943; boot camp at Parris Island with Twelfth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to MCB Quantico for duty as a mess attendant at Marine Corps Schools, Reserve Officers’ Class, through September 1943.

Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA, on 9 September 1943.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 746 (Automatic rifleman)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 746 (Automatic rifleman)
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot wounds); exact circumstances unknown.
June 21, 1944 – buried Plot 3, Row 3, Grave 482, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative