World War II Honoree

Robert L. Monroe

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Buffalo, New York

Honored By

Mary Lynn Kemp

Relationship

Daughter

OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER WHILE IN TRAINING AT CAMP PICKETT. SERVED FROM SEPTEMBER 1942 TO DECEMBER 1945. HIS SEPARATION PAPERS INDICATE HE WAS A RECORDS CLERK ASSIGNED TO THE 31ST INFANTRY DIVISION AND ALSO A RIFLE SQUAD LEADER. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED ON 22 NOVEMBER 1944 AT MOROTAI ISLAND.