Robert E. Keil | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	8685700
Rank	Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	Wisconsin
Date of Death	July 23 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

Purple Heart

Notes

Petty Officer Keil was killed in an aircraft crash and initially listed as Missing in Action. Following the war, the aircraft was located and he was identified. He is buried in a group burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. His name is permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.