World War II
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Fallen

County:
Grant

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains not recovered

Branch of Service:
Marines

Rank:
Private

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 on Peleliu Island

Biography:

born New Leipzig, ND 26 May 24; resident Grant County, ND; entered USMC Mpls, MN 20 Dec 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 15 Sep 44 Peleliu Island; memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, PI.