World War II
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Fallen

County:
McLean

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Marines

Rank:
Gunnery Sergeant

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Iwo Jima

Biography:

born Lyons, France 5 May 94; resident McLean County, ND; entered USMC Chicago, IL 20 May 21; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 20 Feb 45 Iwo Jima; memorialized on the Courts of the Missing on the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.