World War II Honoree

Robert E. Nowakowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS FEBRUARY 15, 1943 AND PARTICIPATED IN BASIC COMBAT TRAINING AT THE MARINE RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, WHERE HE EXPERIENCED COMBAT WITH THE FOURTH MARINES, REINFORCED FIRST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE. ON THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944, HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, WHILE ENGAGED IN A FIREFIGHT WITH THE JAPANESE DURING THE CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF THE OROTE PENINSULA ON THE ISLAND OF GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS. HE WAS BURIED IN THE BRIGADE CEMETERY ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT ALIFAN OVERLOOKING THE OROTE PENINSULA AND MEMORIALIZED ON THE MEMORIAL WALL LOCATED AT THE ASAN BAY OVERLOOK. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY WITH MILITARY HONORS, AND INTERMENT IN THE RESURRECTION CATHOLIC CEMETERY AND MAUSOLEUMS, JUSTICE, ILLINOIS ON APRIL 24, 1948.