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Casualty Info
Casualty Date Feb 01, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Marshall Islands
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
Description The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of US President Woodrow Wilson. The first invasion forces had already disembarked from USS Montana on January 27, 1914. The July intervention took place following the murder of dictator President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam by a mob angered by his political executions of elite opposition.
The occupation ended on August 1, 1934, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt reaffirmed an August 1933 disengagement agreement. The last contingent of US Marines departed on August 15, 1934, after a formal transfer of authority to the Garde d'Haïti.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1926
To Month/Year
December / 1928
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Served with the 63rd Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade, Marine Barracks, Cape Haitien and BnHq&HqDet, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade, Marine Barracks, Cape Haitien.