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NAME Robert Wesley Dunnam |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 306243 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD 1302 West 22nd Street Dallas, TX |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Allene Dunnam |
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| DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1921 at Houston, TX |
ENTERED SERVICE March 18, 1941 at Dallas, TX |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private Robert W. Dunnam was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when his ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor. Dunnam’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial |
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Robert was my uncle, my mother’s (Bessie Dunham) brother.
Robert was my grandmother brother Dorris Elizabeth Mitchell