His family dwelling was in Los Angeles, but Robert's home remained in the Pajaro Valley.

Robert Floeck was born on October 13, 1918, in Contra Costa County, California to a Mr. and Mrs. Floeck. Floeck's mother later married Allison Gilbert whose family lived in the Pleasant Valley district of the Pajaro Valley. No additional information is available regarding that family. Robert is said to have spent much of his early life in Santa Cruz County and chose to adopt it as his home.

During World War II, Floeck joined the US Marine Corps where he earned a commission and was trained as a fighter pilot. After the war, he married Patricia and acquired a home in Los Angeles, near his parents, where the couple had a child.

When the Korean War broke out, Robert Floeck had risen to the rank of major and was flying F42-4B Corsair fighters with Marine Fighter Squadron 214. During the war, his unit served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Sicily. When the Allies landed at Inchon on September 23, 1950, Major Floeck was ordered to fly a mission from the carrier to Wolmi-do at the entrance to the harbor at Inchon.

“The Marines, after the planting of the Stars and Stripes atop Wolmi, worked their way downhill and southward through the thickets and shale cliffs toward the stubborn promontory of Sowolmi-do. Here a die-hard group of North Koreans still held out, using their big guns against Wolmi. On Wolmi's crest Lt. Col. Taplett talked by VHF radio to Strike Charlie, a flight of eight Marine Corsairs led by Maj. Robert Floeck from the jeep carrier Sicily. Taplett requested that the Sowolmi-do lighthouse area be hit. Floeck's planes bore down on the area, and five 500-pound bombs and many rockets showered down into the area.”

While flying over nearby Seoul, Major Robert Floeck's aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, burst into flames and crashed. His remains were never recovered. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Gold Stars, the Air Medal with eight Gold Stars and the Purple Heart among other honors.

(CBR; ABMC; NARAK-Casualty List; Wolmi-Do Assault, The Taking of Wolmi-Do, 9/25/2007, http://www.kmike.com/wolmi. htm [16 September 2008]; WRP September 30, 1950 1:5)