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Robert E. Windle

windle_re NAME
Robert England Windle
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
285460
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Arizona
HOME OF RECORD
1201 South Main Street
Jacksonville, IL
NEXT OF KIN
Mother, Mrs. W. B. Windle
DATE OF BIRTH
September 25, 1921
at Fort Smith, AR
ENTERED SERVICE
June 14, 1940
at Chicago, IL
DATE OF LOSS
December 7, 1941
REGION
Hawaiian Islands
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Pearl Harbor
CASUALTY TYPE
Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
PFC Robert E. Windle 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.

Windle’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private First Class
STATUS OF REMAINS
Not recovered.
MEMORIALS
USS Arizona Memorial
Honolulu Memorial

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