Robert William Carlin
Graduating
Class of 1940
Served in
World War II
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Ensign
Robert William Carlin
Navy
Hometown
Milwaukee, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Pacific Ocean
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, HI
More About Ensign Carlin
While at the university, Ensign Carlin studied chemical engineering. He participated in fencing until his junior year before making the varsity fencing team his senior year. He was also a member of Beta Theta Pi. Ensign Carlin served aboard the Sims-class destroyer USS Anderson. The USS Anderson was tasked to conduct a diversionary bombardment of Wotje island while American troops landed at Kwajalein Atoll. At 0646 in the morning on July 30, 1944, a Japanese shell from Wotje struck the ship's combat information center, killing the captain and five others, including Ensign Carlin.