WWII

Robert Michael Belk

Rate / Rank
RM2

Birthdate
September 27 1926

Date of Death
October 13 2007

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
October 16 1944 - July 9 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific - Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Ulithi, Caroline Islands and Leyte, Philippines

Significant Duty Stations

USS Tutuila (ARG-4) (Internal combustion engine repair ship)

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Cairo, Georgia. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1943. Played football Cairo High School and UGA. Graduate of UGA Class of 1949. Played in 1947 Sugar Bowl, (UGA VS UNC). Assisted Coach Arthur L. (Monk) Williams with August 1944 CHS football camp at Camp Sawyer, Decatur County, Georgia. Vice President, Trust Company Bank, Eatonton, Georgia. Burial; Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Fulton County, Georgia.