Name:
Robert Etherton Wise
Rank:
Master Gunnery Sergeant
Serial Number:
271215
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1945-07-22
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing: Court 4
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert Etherton Wise was born on September 24, 1919, in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. He served in the Military Police and Prisoner of War Detachment Headquarters, United States Marine Corps as a Master Gunnery Sergeant during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam. He was officially declared dead on July 22, 1945.