Towers, Francis F., 2ndLt

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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant
Last Primary MOS
4000-Supply Officer, General
Last MOSGroup
 WWII SSN/MOS
Primary Unit
1944-1945, 4000, 1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28), 28th Marines
Service Years
1942 - 1945
Officer Collar Insignia
Second Lieutenant

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Home State
District Of Columbia 		Year of Birth
1923
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
District of Columbia		 Last Address
District of Columbia
Casualty Date
Feb 20, 1945		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Japan		 Conflict
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Western Pacific Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of Iwo Jima
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 11 Site 507
Military Service Number
29 367

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National Cemetery Administration (NCA)World War II Fallen
  1945, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1945, World War II Fallen


  1944-1945, 4000, 1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28), 28th Marines
From Month/Year
- / 1944 		To Month/Year
February / 1945
Unit
1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28) Unit Page
Rank
Second Lieutenant		 MOS
4000-Supply Officer, General
Base, Station or City
H&S Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, In the Field, Iwo Jima		State/Country
Japan
  
 
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 1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28), 28th Marines Details

1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28), 28th Marines 		The 28th Marine Regiment (28th Marines) is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. The regiment (inactive since the Vietnam War) which is part of the 5th Marine Division, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Six Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines were featured in the historical photo by Joe Rosenthal of the U.S. flag raising on top of Mount Suribachi.
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
28th Marines 		Strength
USMC Battalion
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Dec 21, 2019
   
   
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1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28)
Ginsburg, Daniel, 2ndLt, (1942-1945) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
Hutchcroft, Lester E, 2ndLt, (1942-1945) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
Henneke, Charles J, Sgt, (1942-1945) OF 745 Sergeant
Kost, Michael, Sgt, (1938-1945) OF Sergeant
Kost, Michael, Sgt, (1938-1945) OF Sergeant
Thomas, Loren Edward, Sgt, (1941-1945) OF 653 Sergeant
Thomas, Loren Edward, Sgt, (1941-1945) OF 737 Sergeant
Woods, William Wallace, Sgt, (1940-1945) OF 745 Sergeant
Aten, Buford Lee, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 521 Corporal
Bixby, Glenn Alfred, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 610 Corporal
Fleming, Joseph B, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF Corporal
Hulett, Marion Russell, Cpl, (1941-1944) OF 776 Corporal
McKee, Berlyn P, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 746 Corporal
Roe, Richard, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF Corporal
Wisniewski, Edward, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 745 Corporal
Allnutt, Leonard Jerry, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 521 Private 1st Class
Birkemeyer, Irving Carl, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 607 Private 1st Class
Grove, Norman Allen, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Hawson, Richard L, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Lawlis, Elmer Clarence, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Marshall, Marvin H, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Pelley, Hector William, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 607 Private 1st Class
Pfleegor, Jesse Revier, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Pfleegor, Jesse Revier, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Pinkerton, Dwayne Cleaveland, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Teeter, Kenneth R., Cpl, (1944-1946) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Toland, Clinton Price, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Toland, Clinton Price, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Tudor, Lloyd, PFC, (1941-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class
White, Robert Dave, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 845 Private 1st Class
Allen, Robert 'Bob', Cpl, (1944-1946) OF 604 Private
Brandt, Albert Eugene, Pvt, (1943-1945) OF 521 Private
Kimball, Eugene Burdette, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 745 Private
Ratcliff, Thomas J, Pvt, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private
Taylor, Owen Elbert, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 745 Private
Teeter, Kenneth R., Cpl, (1944-1946) OF 604 Private
Wilbourn, Beauford, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 746 Private
Tanner, Karl, 1stLt, (1942-1945) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Vaught, Francis, MGen, (1942-1975) 4 0402 First Lieutenant
Manning, Robert L, 2ndLt, (1930-1945) 99 9962 Second Lieutenant
Prior, Robert Lee, 2ndLt, (1943-1945) 3 0302 Second Lieutenant
Vassey, William Thomas, SSgt, (1942-1945) 46 4641 Staff Sergeant
Kreiner, James Edward, PltSgt, (1929-1945) 3 0369 Platoon Sergeant
Skinner, Boyd Franklin, Sgt, (1940-1945) 3 0335 Sergeant
Thostenson, Thorborn M, Sgt, (1942-1945) 3 0369 Sergeant
Bulen, Clyde Mac, Cpl, (1943-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Fenton, Frank, Cpl, (1944-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Ours, Harry W., Cpl, (1941-1945) 3 0300 Corporal
Shaker, Conrad F., Cpl, (1942-1945) 3 0311 Corporal
Stein, Tony, Cpl, (1942-1945) 99 9962 Corporal
Yazzie, Pahe Denet, Cpl, (1942-1945) 25 2531 Corporal
Adams, George Frank, PFC, (1944-1945) 521 Private 1st Class
Kammer, Russel Gerald, PFC, (1943-1945) 58 5811 Private 1st Class
Saxon, Thomas, Cpl, (1944-1946) 3 0341 Private 1st Class
Stephan, Joseph Herman, PFC, (1944-1945) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Thorton, George P, PFC, (1944-1945) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Treadway, James Benjamin, PFC, (1942-1945) Private 1st Class
Dunlap, Albert Howard, SSgt, (1941-1951) 8 Field Music 1st Class
Adams, Milton Emile, Pvt, (1944-1945) 3 0311 Private

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