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Casualty Info
Home Town Tampa, Florida
Last Address Tampa, Florida
Casualty Date Jul 20, 1943
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Solomon Islands
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot: Plot D Row 10 Grave 189
Battle of Tulagi (including First Savo) /Tulagi Island landing
From Month/Year
August / 1942
To Month/Year
August / 1942
Description The Japanese occupied Tulagi on May 3, 1942, with the intention of setting up a seaplane base nearby (see Japanese Tulagi landing). The ships in Tulagi harbor were raided by planes from USS Yorktown the following day in a prelude to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
U.S. forces, primarily the 1st Marine Raiders, landed on August 7 and captured Tulagi as part of Operation Watchtower after a day of hard fighting.
After its capture by Naval and Marine forces, the island hosted a fleet of PT boats for a year which included John F. Kennedy's PT-109, as well as other ancillary facilities.
A small 20-bed dispensary was operated on Tulagi until its closure in 1946. The island also formed part of Purvis Bay, which hosted many U.S. Navy ships during 1942 and 1943.
