World War II
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Fallen

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Marines

Rank:
Sergeant

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
24th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
4th Marine Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Engagements/Battles:
Battle of Iwo Jima

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Biography:

born Rugby, ND 13 May 16; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered USMC Denver, Colorado 31 Oct 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 7 Mar 45 Iwo Jima; buried in Lot 166, Block 2, Grave 2 Priscilla Watts Cemetery, Rugby, ND.