World War II Honoree

Robert William Fox

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Worcester, Massachusetts

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private 1st Class. On January 27, 1942, he entered into the United States Marine Corps from Massachusetts, receiving his combat infantry training at the Marine Recruit Depot, in Parris Island, South Carolina. Served as a Rifleman with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment a subordinate unit of the 2nd Marine ‘The Silent Second’ Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault against the Imperial Japanese Army forces on the Island of Betio, ‘Battle of Tarawa’, Gilbert Islands, Code Name: Operation Galvanic. Reported missing in action Saturday, November 20, 1943 on the first day of the invasion. In remembrance of the Brave, his name is recorded in the Tablets of the Missing, memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, ‘Punchbowl’ Hawaii. His family as placed a Memorial Marker in his memory at the Saint Johns Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts. This Marine, an American Patriot awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, who so gallantly gave his life in defense of his country.