World War II Honoree

Robert James Noble

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

Honored By

Pat Noble

Relationship

Nephew

SERVED WITH COMPANY B, 63RD INFANTRY BATTALION, 11TH ARMORED DIVISION. STATIONED AT CAMP COOK, CALIFORNIA. HE LED SQUAD 3 OF SECOND PLATOON AT THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. FIRST SERVED WITH A WAR BOND PUBLICITY TOUR AT THE ROSE BOWL. SENT TO EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER 1944, WHERE HE WAS STATIONED AT WARMINSTER, IN WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND. IN MID-DECEMBER 1944, HIS COMPANY WAS SENT VIA CHERBOURG UP TO AID PATTON'S FORCES ON THE MEUSE RIVER IN BELGIUM. THERE THEY FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. HE RECEIVED A BATTLE PROMOTION TO PLATOON LEADER ON 30 DECEMBER 1944. PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF BASTOGNE AND BATTLES THROUGH BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND ACROSS THE RHINE INTO GERMANY. 9 MARCH 1945, BOB'S SQUAD RECEIVED ORDERS TO NEUTRALIZE A MACHINE GUN NEST WHICH HAD A DISABLED ALLIED TANK PINNED DOWN. IT WAS THERE THAT BOB WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER BY A GERMAN AT CLOSE RANGE. BOB WAS SENT HOME AND RECOVERED AT A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN WHITE SULPHER SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA.