Delise

Born: 11 October 1920

Parents: Salvatore Delise & Providenza Calcagano-Delise

- parents passed away when Robert was young

- raised by his sister - Margaret Vrchota

Home:

- 906 Ferdinand Avenue - Forest Park, Illinois

Education:

- Field Stevenson School

- Proviso Township High School

- Class of 1939

- left before class graduated

Enlisted:

- 20 January 1942

- U. S. Marine Corps Reserve

Serial Number: 353250

Training:

- Camp Pendleton - California

Unit:

- 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division

- activated: 21 January 1944

Engagements:

- Battle of Guam

- held in reserve

- Battle of Iwo Jima

- 19 February 1945

Killed in Action:

- 19 February 1945 - during landings on island

Buried:

- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific- Honolulu, Hawaii

- Plot: C Row: 1 Gave: 346

Medals: Purple Heart