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By missingmarines Posted on Nov 4, 2019

Accounted For: Thomas H. Cooper

Corporal Thomas Harley Cooper, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with Company A, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 2nd amphibian tractor battalion, accounted for 2019, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 30, 2019October 30, 2019

Leaving Mac Behind

Missing Marines: now in book form and available for you!

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By missingmarines Posted on Oct 29, 2019

Accounted For: Jerome B. Morris

Sergeant Jerome B. Morris, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with B/1/6th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 6th marines, accounted for 2019, History Flight, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 29, 2019

Accounted For: Edwin F. Benson

Private Edwin Francis Benson, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with L/3/2nd Marines, was accounted for on 24 June 2019.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 2nd Marines, accounted for 2019, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Accounted For: Channing R. Whitaker

Private Channing R. Whitaker, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with A/1/6th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 6th marines, accounted for 2019, History Flight, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 21, 2019October 22, 2019

Accounted For: Joseph F. Boschetti

PFC Joseph F. Boschetti, killed in action at Tarawa while serving with A/1/18th Marines, has been accounted for according to a DPAA press release.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 18th marines, accounted for 2019, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 17, 2019

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.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 6th marines, accounted for 2019, History Flight, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 3, 2019

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.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 6th marines, accounted for 2019, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 3, 2019October 17, 2019

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.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 6th marines, accounted for 2019, History Flight, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 2, 2019

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.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: accounted for 2019, Pearl Harbor, USS Oklahoma
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 2, 2019October 2, 2019

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.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 6th marines, accounted for 2019, History Flight, tarawa
By missingmarines Posted on Oct 1, 2019

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.

Categories: UncategorizedTags: 8th marines, accounted for 2019, tarawa

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