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Casualty Info
Last Address Joplin, MO
Casualty Date Nov 27, 1950
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Korea, North
Conflict Korean War/CCF Intervention (1950-51)/Battle of the Chosin Reservoir (Battle of Changjin)
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Description 21 Feb 1943, The Russell Islands immediately northwest to Guadalcanal were captured by the Allied forces without significant Japanese opposition.