Robert Glenn Huff enlisted in the Marines shortly before his 18th birthday. He died less than six months later in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Mr. Huff was born July 2, 1923, in Fort Worth, Texas. His mother, Grayce Harlan Huff, was a homemaker and his father, Clinton Huff, a packing house employee.
By the time of the spring 1940 Census the son was in his junior year of high school. Both parents worked, though the description of their jobs is illegible on the Census form.
Young Mr. Huff enlisted on June 17, 1941, and was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed that Dec. 7.
Sources: Census; Texas birth certificate; Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Mr. Huff was born July 2, 1923, in Fort Worth, Texas. His mother, Grayce Harlan Huff, was a homemaker and his father, Clinton Huff, a packing house employee.
By the time of the spring 1940 Census the son was in his junior year of high school. Both parents worked, though the description of their jobs is illegible on the Census form.
Young Mr. Huff enlisted on June 17, 1941, and was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed that Dec. 7.
Sources: Census; Texas birth certificate; Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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This is a memorial. View other memorial at USS Arizona Memorial.
Robert Glenn Huff enlisted in the Marines shortly before his 18th birthday. He died less than six months later in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Mr. Huff was born July 2, 1923, in Fort Worth, Texas. His mother, Grayce Harlan Huff, was a homemaker and his father, Clinton Huff, a packing house employee.
By the time of the spring 1940 Census the son was in his junior year of high school. Both parents worked, though the description of their jobs is illegible on the Census form.
Young Mr. Huff enlisted on June 17, 1941, and was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed that Dec. 7.
Sources: Census; Texas birth certificate; Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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This is a memorial. View other memorial at USS Arizona Memorial.
Mr. Huff was born July 2, 1923, in Fort Worth, Texas. His mother, Grayce Harlan Huff, was a homemaker and his father, Clinton Huff, a packing house employee.
By the time of the spring 1940 Census the son was in his junior year of high school. Both parents worked, though the description of their jobs is illegible on the Census form.
Young Mr. Huff enlisted on June 17, 1941, and was a gunnery private on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed that Dec. 7.
Sources: Census; Texas birth certificate; Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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