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Casualty Info
Home Town Forsyth
Last Address Forsyth
Casualty Date May 25, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Japan
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Hell Hawks", the squadron fought during World War II in the Philippines and at the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. With its assignment to the USS Essex (CV-9) and Air Group 4, VMF-213 along with VMF-124 was one of the first two Marine squadrons to augment carrier air groups during World War II. The squadron was credited with downing 117 enemy aircraft during the war.