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Casualty Info
Home Town Kansas City
Last Address Kansas City
Casualty Date Jul 20, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Solomon Islands
Location of Interment Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery (VA) - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Lieutenant Colonel Lester A. Dessez formed the unit at San Diego, California, as a composite battalion of infantry and artillery. In March 1941, he took the outfit to Tutuila, Samoa, as one of the Rainbow Five. The 7th later deployed to Upolu and established a detachment at Savaii. Colonel Curtis W. LeGette took command in December 1942, and in August of the following year, the battalion moved to Nanoumea in the Ellice Islands in preparation for supporting operations against the Gilbert Islands. Lieutenant Colonel Henry R. Paige took over in December 1943 and brought the unit to Hawaii where, on 16 April 1944, it became the 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. As an antiaircraft outfit, it deployed to Anguar, Palau Islands, in September 1944, where it served in the garrison force for the remainder of the war.
American Samoa
Upolu
Ellice Islands
Peleliu
Hawaii