Accounted For: Quentin W. McCall
Cpl. Quentin Weldon McCall, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with I/3/6th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
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Accounted For: Norman A. Buan
PFC Norman Alfred Buan, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with C/1/2nd Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
Accounted For: Jack B. Van Zandt
PFC Jack Benson Van Zandt, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with A/1/6th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
Accounted For: Marley R. Arthurholtz
PFC Marley R. Arthurholtz, killed in action at Pearl Harbor while aboard the USS Oklahoma, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
Accounted For: Robert J. Hatch
PFC Robert James Hatch, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with D/1/6th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
Accounted For: Louis Wiesehan, Jr.
PFC Louis Wiesehan, Jr., killed in action at Tarawa while serving with F/2/8th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
Accounted For: John R. Bayens
PFC John Richard Bayens, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with B/1/6th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
Accounted For: Justin G. Mills
1Lt. Justin Green Mills, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with C/1/2nd Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.
The Fourth Row
How a row of thirty graves on Betio was laid out and then lost, forgotten and then found.
The 2019 MCHF Awards
In which I dine with generals, laugh at the Commandant’s jokes, and receive an award.
An Anniversary
Alva Jackson Cremean – “Jack” to friends and family – was twenty-one years old on 7 December 1941. The former high school student and JC Penney clerk from Rocky Ford, … Continue reading An Anniversary
Recovery Recap
Above, a member of the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company excavates a suspected burial site. Location unknown, c. 1947-1949. NARA. Back when I started MissingMarines (ye gods, nearly seven … Continue reading Recovery Recap
