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Casualty Info
Home Town Warrior
Last Address Rt. 1, Warrior, Jefferson County, Alabama
Casualty Date Mar 02, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Japan
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Briar Fork Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery - Hazel Green, Alabama
Other Memories Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA Apr 1944 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 28thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “521” Jul 1944 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 28thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “746” Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, In the Field Oct 1944 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 28thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “746” Jan 1945 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 28thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “746; 10, emb & 11 sailed fr Camp Drewes, Hawaii, T.H. via LST#1; 17, arr & disemb at Lahaini Roads, Maui, T.H.; 17, emb & sailed fr Lahaini Roads, Maui, T.H. via USS DICKENS; 18 arr at Honolulu, T.H. and 27, sailed therefrom.” Feb 1945 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 28thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands) “19, disemb at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands; 19-28, participated in the battle of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands” Mar 1945 PFC, Co B, 1st Bn, 28th mar, 5th MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands) “939589; 746; 1, participated in the battle of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands; 1, WIA; 2, DOW”
