Service No. #912091
Enlistment Date: November 1943
B Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Clements; General Delivery, Benkelman, Nebraska.
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Robert W. Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. "Mick" Clements, grew up in Benkelman, graduated in 1943, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at Denver on Nov. 13, 1943. After training at San Diego he served as Armed Guard at Hawthorne, Nev., then transferred to Camp Pendleton, Calif., and entered foreign service in Sept. 1944, landing on Okinawa on Apr. 1, 1945. Bob served as a Browning Automatic Rifleman in the First Marine Div. His commanding officer was Col. Edward W. Snedeker, a former Benkelman resident. Cpl. Lyle Koolhof was attached to the same company, with a machine gun unit. Bob and Lyle enjoyed a reunion with Bill Elliott, who was also stationed on Okinawa. Bob was killed in action on June 2, 1945.
***I would like to thank Loren Bender Find A Grave ID 47060026 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Bill Baumbach Find A Grave ID 46820793 for adding his photo of the gravesite to this memorial***
***I would like to thank CPR Find A Grave ID 46798335 for creating this memorial***
Enlistment Date: November 1943
B Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Clements; General Delivery, Benkelman, Nebraska.
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Robert W. Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. "Mick" Clements, grew up in Benkelman, graduated in 1943, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at Denver on Nov. 13, 1943. After training at San Diego he served as Armed Guard at Hawthorne, Nev., then transferred to Camp Pendleton, Calif., and entered foreign service in Sept. 1944, landing on Okinawa on Apr. 1, 1945. Bob served as a Browning Automatic Rifleman in the First Marine Div. His commanding officer was Col. Edward W. Snedeker, a former Benkelman resident. Cpl. Lyle Koolhof was attached to the same company, with a machine gun unit. Bob and Lyle enjoyed a reunion with Bill Elliott, who was also stationed on Okinawa. Bob was killed in action on June 2, 1945.
***I would like to thank Loren Bender Find A Grave ID 47060026 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Bill Baumbach Find A Grave ID 46820793 for adding his photo of the gravesite to this memorial***
***I would like to thank CPR Find A Grave ID 46798335 for creating this memorial***
Service No. #912091
Enlistment Date: November 1943
B Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Clements; General Delivery, Benkelman, Nebraska.
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Robert W. Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. "Mick" Clements, grew up in Benkelman, graduated in 1943, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at Denver on Nov. 13, 1943. After training at San Diego he served as Armed Guard at Hawthorne, Nev., then transferred to Camp Pendleton, Calif., and entered foreign service in Sept. 1944, landing on Okinawa on Apr. 1, 1945. Bob served as a Browning Automatic Rifleman in the First Marine Div. His commanding officer was Col. Edward W. Snedeker, a former Benkelman resident. Cpl. Lyle Koolhof was attached to the same company, with a machine gun unit. Bob and Lyle enjoyed a reunion with Bill Elliott, who was also stationed on Okinawa. Bob was killed in action on June 2, 1945.
***I would like to thank Loren Bender Find A Grave ID 47060026 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Bill Baumbach Find A Grave ID 46820793 for adding his photo of the gravesite to this memorial***
***I would like to thank CPR Find A Grave ID 46798335 for creating this memorial***
Enlistment Date: November 1943
B Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Clements; General Delivery, Benkelman, Nebraska.
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Robert W. Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. "Mick" Clements, grew up in Benkelman, graduated in 1943, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at Denver on Nov. 13, 1943. After training at San Diego he served as Armed Guard at Hawthorne, Nev., then transferred to Camp Pendleton, Calif., and entered foreign service in Sept. 1944, landing on Okinawa on Apr. 1, 1945. Bob served as a Browning Automatic Rifleman in the First Marine Div. His commanding officer was Col. Edward W. Snedeker, a former Benkelman resident. Cpl. Lyle Koolhof was attached to the same company, with a machine gun unit. Bob and Lyle enjoyed a reunion with Bill Elliott, who was also stationed on Okinawa. Bob was killed in action on June 2, 1945.
***I would like to thank Loren Bender Find A Grave ID 47060026 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Bill Baumbach Find A Grave ID 46820793 for adding his photo of the gravesite to this memorial***
***I would like to thank CPR Find A Grave ID 46798335 for creating this memorial***
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ROBERT WAYNE
CLEMENTS
OCTOBER 17, 1925
JUNE 2, 1945
KILLED IN ACTION WORLD WAR II
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