Albert Lee Rasmussen
Corporal Albert L. Rasmussen served with Able Company, First Battalion, 18th Marines.
He was reported killed in action at Betio, Tarawa atoll, on 20 November 1943.
Branch
Marine Corps Reserve
Service Number 346896
Current Status
Remains Not Recovered
Pursuit Category
This case is under Active Pursuit by the DPAA.
Capsule History
Pre-War Life
Birth
16 August 1919
at Malta, MT
Parents
Albert (died 1918) & Julia Rasmussen
Education
Malta High School, 1937
Occupation & Employer
Carpenter
Great Northern Railroad
Other
Served two years in CCC:
1937 – 1938; 1939 – 1940
Service Life
Entered Service
11 February 1942
at Salt Lake City, UT
Home Of Record
Brockton, MT
Next Of Kin
Mother, Mrs. Julia L. Booen
Military Specialty
Engineer
Primary Unit
18th Marines (A/1)
Campaigns Served
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Individual Decorations
Purple Heart
Additional Service Details
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Loss And Burial
Circumstances Of Loss
Corporal Rasmussen landed on Betio, Tarawa atoll on 20 November 1943. He was killed in action the same day by a gunshot wound to the head. No further details about his death are known.
Burial Information or Disposition
After the battle, Rasmussen was reportedly buried in the Central Division Cemetery (“Cemetery 26”), Row B, Grave 58.
This cemetery was exhumed by the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company in 1946, but no remains were identifiable as Corporal Rasmussen.
Next Of Kin Address
Address of mother, Mrs. Julia Booen
Location Of Loss
Corporal Rasmussen was killed in action at an unspecified location on Betio.
