World War II Honoree

Robert L. Barrows

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Helena, Montana

Honored By

Mr. Glenn C. Barrows

Relationship

Nephew

DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILE SERVING AS AN INFANTRYMAN IN REPULSING A JAPANESE BEACHHEAD, ON THE MARIVELES PENINSULA IN THE PHILIPPINES, JANUARY 1942. HIS SHIP THE USS CANOPUS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SCUTTLED BY THE CREW FOLLOWING JAPANESE AIR ATTACKS. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF A NAVY BATTALION WHICH THEN CONDUCTED LAND OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE. HIS REMAINS WERE NOT RECOVERED.