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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Arthur Wych

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Garden Prarie, Illinois

Honored By

Stephen Savage

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS ALONG WITH A CONTINGENT OF FELLOW MARINES. AFTER DELIVERING THE ATOMIC BOMB COMPONENTS TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30,1945. HE WAS AMONG 880 MEN LOST AT SEA.