Dehring, Roger W, PFC

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Last Rank
Private 1st Class
Last Primary MOS
0311-Rifleman
Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Primary Unit
1943-1943, 745, E Co, 2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6)
Service Years
1942 - 1943
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Private 1st Class

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Home State
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Casualty Date
Nov 27, 1943
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Kiribati
Location of Interment
West Lawn Memorial Park - Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Burial Unknown

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Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Battle of Tarawa
From Month/Year
November / 1943
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November / 1943

Description
The Battle of Tarawa (US code name Operation Galvanic) was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. It took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, located in what is now the nation of Kiribati. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio.

The Battle of Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance, but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-supplied and well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. The US had suffered similar casualties in other campaigns, for example over the six months of the Guadalcanal Campaign, but in this case the losses were incurred within the space of 76 hours.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
November / 1943
To Month/Year
November / 1943
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

3rd Bn, 8th Marines (3/8)

2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6)

3rd Bn, 6th Marines (3/6)

10th Marines

3rd Bn, 2nd Marines (3/2)

1st Bn, 2nd Marines (1/2)

E Co, 2nd Bn, 2nd Marines (2/2)

VMGR-152

2nd Marine Division

1st Bn, 10th Marines (1/10)

2nd Engineer Bn

MARDET USS Essex (CVA-9)

3rd Bn, 10th Marines (3/10)

MARDET USS Lexington (CV-16)

1st Bn, 6th Marines (1/6)

 
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