Robert Newton Fidler (1924 - 1949)

Born 25 Feb 1924 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Jul 1949 at age 25 in Okinawa, Japan

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Biography

Robert Newton Fidler was born 25 Feb 1924 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States. He was the son of Alden Fidler and Dora Newton.^[1][2]

He is the biological father of Joe Walsh, guitarist of the James Gang and the Eagles.

He died 22 Jul 1949 in Okinawa, Japan in a plane crash and was buried in Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X778-8YG : accessed 7 April 2016), Robert Fidler in entry for Alden Fidler, 1930.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2B-PJM : accessed 7 January 2017), Robert Fiddler in household of Dora J Fiddler, Ward 4, Wichita, Wichita City, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107-70, sheet 2A, line 10, family 26, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1273.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-8CXF : 13 December 2015), Robert N. Fidler, 1949; Burial, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States of America, Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum; citing record ID 50329006, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMNN-1BX : 5 December 2014), Robert N Fidler, enlisted 27 Oct 1942, Wichita, Kansas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-C3KP : 17 May 2016), Robert N Fidler, .