Otton, Robert Aubrey

Men of Mount Carmel who died in World War II

Date of birth:: March 5th, 1926 (Cook County/Illinois, United States)
Date of death:: February 19th, 1945 (Iwo Jima, Japan)
Buried on:: American War Graves Cedar Park Cemetery
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Mount Carmel class of 1945. Robert Otton was killed by machine gun fire in the back at the age of 18. His parents Robert A. and Helen Headington Otton lived at 2016 E. 77th Street, Chicago. His father Robert served in the U.S. Navy during WW1.

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Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private
Unit:: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division "The Spearhead", U.S. Marine Corps
Awarded for:: Operation Detachment

Sources

Photo 1: Terry Stadler
- Stadler, T., Men of Mount Carmel: Remembering Those Who Died in World War II
- Temple, J.T., "Veteran recalls raising of Old Glory on Iwo Jima", Tribune