World War II Honoree

Roberrt Felix Connor

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Middletown, Connecticut

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Corporal. On March 5, 1942, he was inducted into the United States Marine Corps from Connecticut. His boot camp training took place with the Fourth Recruit Battalion, Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base at Parris Island, South Carolina. Later he completed his Marine Combat Training at Camp Geiger, North Carolina. Served as a Rifle Team Leader with the Twenty-Second Marine Regiment in the North Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Bravo Company, First Battalion and Fifth Amphibious Corps. His regiment participated in the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll against the Imperial Japanese armed forces, (Battle Dates: February 17-23, 1944) Code name: Operation Hailstone, Marshall Islands Campaign. Reported missing in action, lost at sea Friday, February 18, 1944. His name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at the Honolulu National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, ‘Punchbowl’ Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.