Winkley, Manley Forrest
Marines Reserves Private 1st class

Manley Forrest Winkley, age 20, from Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion county.

Parents: Nadia Winkley

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: On June 1, 2013, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Manley Forrest Winkley, missing from World War II. Private First Class Winkley, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Indiana, was a member of the Marine Corps 2nd Division. He was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa on November 20, 1943, and his remains were buried on Betio Island but could not be identified among those disinterred from the island after the war. In 2012, JPAC teams conducted excavation operations in the Republic of Kiribati where they discovered remains and equipment of American service members who fought on Betio. Using advanced forensic identification techniques, U.S. analysts identified PFC Winkley from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency