World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert C. Brutinel
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
El Paso, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a Private 1st class and as a Demolition Man and Flame Thrower Operator of Company H, Third Battalion, Twenty-seventh Marines, Fifth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, during 1945. Awarded the silver star medal for gallantry in action.