Conley, Robert Noel

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• Reference Number: CONL.R003
• _FGRAVE: 18291304
• Military Service: World War II, Technician Fourth Grade, 104th Combat Engineer Battalion, United States Army

Notes:

He worked at Pure Oil Company 13 years. He retired as shipping foreman from Spartan Mfg. He was a U. S. Army WWII Veteran.

Military Service:
Enlisted and entered active service on February 7, 1945 at Chicago, Illinois. Received basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas and specialized as Clerk Typist 405. Departed the U.S. on August 6, 1945 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations annd the intended invasion of Japan. Diverted to Okinawa where he served with the 104th and 50th Combat Engineer Battalions. Later posted to Korea with the 34th Combat Engineer (C) Battalion, 7th Infantry California Division, as part of the army oof occupation. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and The Army of Occupation (Japan) Medal. Honorably discharged as a Technician 4th Grade from the Corps of Engineers on December 9, 1946 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1927358

Buried:
Plot: Lot 9 - Franklin - Sp. 3 - Row D

Robert married HOOD, P.A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: CONL.L001

Leslie married O'Dell, Dora J. on 27 Jul 1918. Dora was born on 16 Mar 1895; died on 22 Apr 1979; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: ODEL.D004