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orld War II Makin Atoll Marine Raider
Timeline
Birth- Feb 10, 1916
Texas
Recovery: Grave Registration Team investigation
Jan 1, 1949
Recovery: CILHI Excavation
Nov 1, 1999
Recovery: Recovery Site
Makin Atoll
Recovery: Identified
Jan 1, 2000
Recovery: Repatriated
Dec 1, 1999
Recovery: Identification
Central identification Laboratory, Hawaii
Recovery: JTFFA Investigation
Aug 1, 1998
Occupation
Marine
Gender
Male
Race or Ethnicity
Caucasian
Marine Corps Service: Age at Loss
26 years old
Marine Corps Service: Rank
Corporal
Marine Corps Service: Conflict Period
World War II
Marine Corps Service: Battle
Makin Island Raid
Marine Corps Service: Decorations
Purple Heart
Marine Corps Service: Casualty Date
Aug 17, 1942
Marine Corps Service: Unit
2nd Marine Raiders Battalion
Marine Corps Service: Service #
268716
Death- Aug 17, 1942-Age: 27 years
Makin Atoll
Killed in Action
Burial- Jan 27, 2001
Mountain Home Cemetery, Baxter County, AR
Other Facts
Full Name
Kenneth Kirk Kunkle
Mother
Mary Kunkle
Father
Oscar Kunkle
