World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Robert L. Zehetner
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Brooksville, Florida
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps December 16, 1941 at the Marine Barracks located on the U.S. Navel Base in Key West, Florida, with recruit training at the Marine Barracks Parris Island, South Carolina, and infantry training at Camp Geiger, North Carolina. He served as a Rifleman, assigned to Fox Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines and an element of the Second Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll Gilbert Islands Location: Central Pacific Theater of Operations. On Saturday, November 20, 1943 he was reported missing in action, after combat operations against the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.