Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the Pacific, the agency reported. He was a member of the 2nd Marine Division ...

In November 1943, Marine Corps Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, 25, of Chicago, was part of a force that tried to secure the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands ...

The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November of 1943, comes after scientists were able to identify his previously ...

A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific, the Defense ...

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- It was a day the family of Marine Sergeant Robert Van Heck always hoped for, but struggled to believe would ever happen. "We've been looking at that picture our whole lives.

Donations suggested to Porter Hospice. Please share condolences @ HoranCares.com Click here to Send Flowers to the family of Robert. Published in: Denver Post from May 23, 2013 to May 25 ...

In November 1943, Marine Corps Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, 25, of Chicago, was part of a force that tried to secure the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands ...