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Casualty Info
Home Town Artesia
Last Address Rochelle, McCullough County, Texas
Casualty Date Feb 28, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Japan
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
Other Memories Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA Apr 1944 PFC, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “521” Jul 1944 PFC, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “675” Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, In the Field Oct 1944 PFC, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “746” Jan 1945 PFC, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “746; 10, emb abd LST#634 at Kawaihae, Hawaii, T.H.; 11, sailed therefrom; 17, disemb and emb abd USS HANSFORD at Lahaina Roads, Maui, T.H.; 18, sailed therefrom.” Feb 1945 PFC, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands) “932922; 746; 19, disemb at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands; 19-28, participated in the battle of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands; 28, KIA against the enemy on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands”