World War II Honoree

Robert Marcel White

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Nancy D. Torley White

Relationship

Wife

PRIVATE, QUALIFIED RIFLE SHARPSHOOTER. ASSIGNED AS A COMBAT CONSTRUCTION CARPENTER, PRIMARILY UNDER GENERAL PATTON'S II CORPS IN NORTHERN AFRICA AND PATTON'S THIRD ARMY IN EUROPE. SAW COMBAT DUTY IN THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, THE RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE, ARDENNES CAMPAIGN AND THE NORTHERN FRANCE, NORMANDY CAMPAIGN. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICE BETWEEN AUGUST 1943 AND SEPTEMBER 1945.