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ACCOUNTED FOR

NAME
Robert Kimball Holmes
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
284571
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Oklahoma
HOME OF RECORD
181 West Haven
Salt Lake City, UT
NEXT OF KIN
Father, Mr. Edward D. Holmes
DATE OF BIRTH
May 8, 1922
at Wichita, KS
ENTERED SERVICE
May 20, 1940
at Salt Lake City, UT
DATE OF LOSS
December 7, 1941
REGION
Hawaii
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Pearl Harbor
CASUALTY TYPE
Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
PFC Robert K. Holmes served as a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma. He lost his life when his ship went down at the battle of Pearl Harbor. His remains were recovered, but could not be identified, and Holmes was ultimately buried in a mass grave as an unknown.In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency approved the exhumation of the USS Oklahoma unknowns. PFC Holmes was officially accounted for 9 May 2018.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private First Class
STATUS OF REMAINS
Accounted For
DPAA Announcement
MEMORIALS
Salt Lake City Cemetery
USS Oklahoma Memorial
Honolulu Memorial

Biography:
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Articles and Records:

Ogden Standard Examiner December 29, 1941.

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