Mears, Dwayne E, Capt

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary MOS
0302-Infantry Officer

Last MOSGroup
Infantry

Primary Unit
1945-1945, 0302, B Co, 1st Bn, 28th Marines (1/28)

Service Years
1941 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Missouri

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Casualty Info

Last Address Bakersfield, California
Casualty Date Feb 20, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Japan	Conflict World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Western Pacific Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of Iwo Jima
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, Pacific Ocean

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	1945, World War II Fallen

Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Operation Cleanslate (Russell Islands)
From Month/Year February / 1943	To Month/Year February / 1943
Description 21 Feb 1943, The Russell Islands immediately northwest to Guadalcanal were captured by the Allied forces without significant Japanese opposition.