PFC ROBERT JOSEPH ALERT Jr

 

26 Sep 2005 REMEMBERED by a friend. E-mail address is not available.

 

17 Apr 2006 Well, Rob, I wish we had had more time when I last saw you at ITR. I stop in at Rice on or about 5/9 each year. Mike stepped on a trap also and is 100% disabled. Ross and I made it home OK, don't know what happened to Tim. Rest in peace. Semper Fi, Al. From a friend and fellow Marine, EHS class of 1968, Al Sorokin alnra1949@aol.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 09 May 1969 2/5's rifle companies were conducting "search and clear" operations in Quang Nam Province. The 2/5 Command Chronology reports that two Marines were killed in action and three were evacuated after being wounded in action - two by mines, one by gunshot. The casualty database and other records show two men from 2/5 died that day as a result of "multiple fragmentation wounds", the term usually used for mines and other explosive devices, and one the following day from similar causes. The 2/5 Operations Journal for 09 May contains the following entries: "0400H - A Marine from Company F detonated a boob trapped 105mm artillery round with pressure detonation located in a treeline at AT855515. Results: One USMC WIA and one USMC KIA." "0835H - A man from Company F at AT854515 detonated a booby trapped 105mm pressure detonated artillery round located in a treeline. Results: One USMC KIA and one USMC WIA Evac." Three deaths are believed to have resulted from these two incidents: Pfc Robert J. Alert, Elkhart, IN, H&S 2/5 (KIA); LCpl Edward Atkucunas, Philadelphia, PA, Fox 2/5 (DoW 05/10/1969); and Pfc James A. Sanders, Pine Bluff, AR, Fox 2/5 (KIA).

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