Cpl. Robert Mariano Delise
Born: 11 October 1920 – Berwyn, Illinois
Military Records: Mariano Robert Delise
– the military required the name on birth certificate be used on military records
Parents: Salvatore Delise and 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
– Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Unit:
– 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
– activated: 21 January 1944
Engagements:
– Battle of Guam
– held in reserve
– Battle of Iwo Jima – Kazan Retto Islands
– 19 February 1945
Killed in Action:
– 19 February 1945 – during landings on the island
Buried:
– Iwo Jima 5th Marine Division Cemetery – Kazan Retto Islands
Reburied:
– 11 February 1949
– National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific- Honolulu, Hawaii
– Plot: C Row: 1 Grave: 346
Medals: Purple Heart
