Ankele, Robert J, PFC

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Private 1st Class

Last Primary MOS
521-Other duty (PFC/Private)

Primary Unit
1943-1943, 521, Co C, 2nd Raider Bn

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

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Casualty Info

Home Town Chicago	Last Address Chicago
Casualty Date Nov 09, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Solomon Islands
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section A Row 13 Grave 57

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

United States Marine Raiders Association


	1943, World War II Fallen
	2014, United States Marine Raiders Association
	2015, WWII Memorial National Registry

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1943-1943, 521, Co C, 2nd Raider Bn

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1943-1944 Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Bougainville

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

PFC ANKELE WAS KILLED ON BOUGAINVILLE AND LISTED AS MIA / KIA UNTIL HIS BODY WAS FOUND AND HE WAS BURIED ON 08 AUGUST 2010.