Name:
Robert Stewart Hird
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
511777
Unit:
22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert Stewart Hird was born on December 27, 1922. He was the son of Horace O. Hird and Lila M. Hird.
He served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade as a Private First Class during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 26, 1944, during the Battle for Guam. He has a cenotaph in Sharon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.