Abrahamson, Gerald T, PFC

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Private 1st Class

Last Primary MOS
745-Rifleman

Last MOSGroup
WWI & WWII SSN/MOS

Primary Unit
1943-1944, 745, 2nd Bn, 21st Marine Regiment (2/21)

Service Years
1942 - 1944

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Personal Details

Home State

Minnesota

Year of Birth
1921

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Casualty Info

Home Town St. Paul	Last Address 1148 Lincoln Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Casualty Date Jul 22, 1944
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Guam	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Not Specified	Wall/Plot Coordinates Temple of Aaron Cemetery, Roseville, MN

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	1944, World War II Fallen

Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Bougainville
From Month/Year November / 1943	To Month/Year January / 1944
Description After New Georgia, the next major operation was an invasion of the island of Bougainville, which was approached by landings at Mono and Stirling in the Treasury Islands on October 25-27, 1943. A Marine division landed on the west coast of Bougainville at Empress Augusta Bay on November 1, 1943. The Marines were followed within the month by an Army division and replaced in the next month by another Army division. It was late November before the beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay was secure. This beachhead was all that was needed, and no attempt was made to capture the entire island. Allied planes neutralized enemy airfields in the northern part of the island, and the Allied command made use of its naval and air superiority to contain the Japanese garrison on Bougainville and cut its supply line to Rabaul by occupying the Green Islands (February 14, 1944). Despite these measures, the Japanese maintained pressure against the beachhead, mounting an especially heavy but unsuccessful counterattack as late as March 1944. Success at Bougainville isolated all Japanese forces left in the Solomons. The Japanese sustained comparatively heavy air and naval losses during the campaign, which further crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet and had a vital effect on the balance of naval power in the Central Pacific.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year November / 1943	To Month/Year January / 1944

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
4th Marine Regiment
1st Bn, 21st Marine Regiment (1/21)
VMGR-234
3rd Bn, 4th Marine Regiment (3/4), 4th Marine Regiment
3rd Bn, 9th Marine Regiment (3/9)
1st Parachute Bn, 1st Parachute Regiment
MAG-24
3rd Combat Engineer Bn
MAG-14
2nd Bn, 21st Marine Regiment (2/21)
21st Marine Regiment
3rd Bn, 21st Marine Regiment (3/21)
2nd Bn, 12th Marine Regiment (2/12), 12th Marine Regiment
3rd Amtrac Bn
VMGR-152
1st Parachute Regiment
3rd Marine Division
4th Bn, 12th Marine Regiment (4/12), 12th Marine Regiment
VMFA-232
2nd Bn, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Regiment
VMR-152