Robert Don Wendroff
Graduating
Class of 1940
Served in
World War II
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Private First Class
Robert Don Wendroff
Army
149th Tank Battalion
Hometown
Watertown, SD
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Cabanatuan, Philippines
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Mount Zion Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD
More About Private First Class Wendroff
Private First Class Wendroff studied Advertising while at the university. He was active in the Daily Cardinal for a majority of his school career and served as an Associate Business Manager his senior year. He was also a member of Phi Epsilon Pi.
Pfc. Wendroff died from thiamine deficiency at Cabanatuan POW Camp while a Japanese Prisoner of War in the Philippine Islands. After the war, his remains were buried at the American Military Cemetery (Fort William McKinley) in Manila, Philippines.