Robert W. Eklind

World War II
Service #O-371892
Unit141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of DeathAugust 24 1944
StatusRecovered
Initially Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Plot2
B
Row2
36
Grave2
58
141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Notes

1LT Edlind's name is permanently inscribed at the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial.
His remains were recovered, identified and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
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.