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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert Boxley Mountcastle

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Roanoke, Virginia

Honored By

McVMI 1943

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN THE CLASS OF 1943. HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT FORT BELVOIR, THEN CAMP VAN DORN, MICHIGAN. UNTIL GOING TO ENGLAND, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM AND GERMANY. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BATTLES OF NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE; FOLLOWED BY JAPANESE OCCUPATION. ALSO SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE LEFT THE SERVICE AS A CAPTAIN.