Robert Issac Wax

Korean War
Service #16210827
UnitHQ BTRY 555 FA BN 5 INF REGT CMBT TEAM
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathAugust 11 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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HQ BTRY 555 FA BN 5 INF REGT CMBT TEAM
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Wax was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Wax was a member of Headquarters Battery, 555th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Pongam-ni, South Korea on August 11, 1950. CPL Wax's remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.