World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Hilliard
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
New York City, New York
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: SERGEANT. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS APRIL 29, 1942 AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC COMBAT TRAINING AT THE MARINE CORPS DEPOT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD BATTALION, 6TH MARINES, 2ND MARINE ‘SILENT SECOND’ DIVISION. ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944, HE DIED OF WOUNDS SUFFERED IN COMBAT AND BURIED IN AN UNKNOWN BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE TRANSFERRED TO HONOLULU, WITH INTERMENT IN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY ‘PUNCHBOWL’, HAWAII. DECORATION AND CITATION: THE PURPLE HEART. THIS MARINE, WHO WAS AN AMERICAN PATRIOT, WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SUPREME SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY.