World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Neal Gentry
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Medford, Oklahoma
Honored By
The Kenneth Osburn Family
Relationship
Friends
SERVED 1942-1946. GRADUATED PARACHUTE SCHOOL JULY 3, 1943. LANDED ON IWO JIMA FEBRUARY 19, 1945 WITH B COMPANY, FIRST BATTALION, 26TH REGIMENT, FIFTH MARINE DIVISION. SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER BEING SHOT BY JAPANESE SOLDIER MARCH 6, 1945, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART.