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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Edward Newbury

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Fall River, Massachusetts

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Rank: Corporal. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps August 25, 1942 from Massachusetts and completed his basic training, with the Sixth Recruit Battalion Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base at Parris Island, South Carolina. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Geiger, North Carolina for his combat training. Served as a Squad Leader with the Fourth Marine Division in the Northwestern Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Baker Company, First Battalion and Twenty-Fourth Marine Regiment. His division participated in the amphibious assault on the island of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (Battle Dates: June 15-July 9, 1944). Killed in action Saturday, July 8, 1944 during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, and buried in the U.S. armed forces battlefield cemetery on Saipan. His name has been etched on one of the Twenty-Sixth granite plates, located in the court of Honor, American Memorial on Saipan. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine received his remains for burial, with interment at the Saint Patrick’s Cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.