S1/c Robert Benjamin Wise

Born: 27 May 1921 - Oak Park, Illinois

Parents: Boyd B. Wise & Ingeborg Mausen-Wise

Siblings: 1 sister

Home:

    - 230 South Mannheim Road - Bellwood, Illinois

Education:

    - Jefferson School

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Class of 1939

Enlisted:

    - U. S. Navy

        - November 6, 1942

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Training: 

    - Norfolk Naval Base - Norfolk, Viginia

    - Port Hueneme Naval Base, California

Rank: Seaman First Class

Unit: Sea Bees

Stationed:

    - New Caledonia

Killed in Action:

    - 1 November 1943

        - explosion while unloading ammunition on Nickel Docks

Buried: 

    - Chapel Hill Garden - Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

        - Section: Churchyard Garden   Grave: 154-A - 1

        - 1 November 1947

Medals:

    - Purple Heart

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