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Casualty Info
Home Town Geneva
Last Address Geneva, Nebraska
Casualty Date Mar 07, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
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 Sgt, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “607” Jul 1944 Sgt, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “651; 24-30, AOL; 31 only PAL AOH” Company A 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, In the Field Oct 1944 Cpl, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “737” Jan 1945 Cpl, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “737; 10-31; temp d conn CG, 5thMarDiv, 10, emb abd LST#756 at Kawaihae, Hawaii, T.H. and sailed 11 therefrom; 17, disemb and emb abd USS HANSFORD at Lahaina Roads, Maui, T.H. and 18, sailed therefrom.” Feb 1945 Cpl, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands) “737; 19, disemb at Iwo Jima Island, Volcano Islands; 19-28, participated in the battle of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands” Mar 1945 Cpl, Co A, 1stBn, 27thMar, 5thMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands) “272240; 737; 1-7, participated in the battle of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands; 7, KIA, Iwo Jima Island, Volcano Islands”