World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Cone Elliott
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Columbia, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
STAGED WITH HIS REGIMENT AT CAMP SHANKS AT ORANGEBURG, NEW JERSEY ON OCTOBER 17, 1944. SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON OCTOBER 22ND AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ON NOVEMBER 3, 1944. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A STAFF SERGEANT WITH THE 289TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 75TH INFANTRY DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND AND ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) CAMPAIGNS. LANDED IN FRANCE ON DECEMBER 13, 1944. THE GERMAN ARDENNES COUNTEROFFENSIVE OF DECEMBER 16, 1944 CAUSED HIS UNIT TO BE RUSHED TO THE FRONT WHERE IT ENTERED DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ALONG THE OURTHE RIVER ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. TOOK PART IN HEAVY COMBAT AROUND SADZOT, BELGIUM AND MOVED TO THE AISNE RIVER AT GRANDMENIL, BELGIUM ON JANUARY 5, 1945. ATTACKED ACROSS THE SALM RIVER ON JANUARY 15TH AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN BELGIUM ON JANUARY 19, 1945 DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.