About
World War II (1939-1945)
Robert Joseph Doyle was born in Albany, New York, on September 22, 1922. He grew up in the city of Albany and graduated from the Vincentian Institute of Albany. By 1940, he was living in the city of Schenectady with his parents. He was working in the mailing division of the American Locomotive Company before he entered the military.
On October 8, 1942, Robert enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve. He completed his training in Great Lakes, Illinois, and Alameda, California. After his initial training, he continued on to the Training Command Field Medical School in Oceanside, California, for hospital corpsmen. He was a pharmacist's mate third class serving with Company H&S, 6th Field Medical Battalion, 6th Marine Division. On May 4, 1945, he was killed in Japan, during the Battle of Okinawa. He is buried in the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry