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2015
5 Accounted For
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Corporal Roger Keith Nielson |
| Company E, Second Battalion, 8th Marines | |
| KIA on Betio, Tarawa atoll, 20 November 1943 | |
| 1943. Buried Grave #1, Row B, Division Cemetery #3 (a.k.a. 8th Marines Cemetery #2 / Betio Cemetery 27). 2015. Cemetery located by History Flight; remains turned over to DPAA officials. Identified on 16 September; accounted for 24 September. |
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| Final Disposition: Fort Logan National Cemetery |
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| DPAA News Release (9 November 2015) Dignified Transfer (video) Funeral Photos from the Denver Post “Marine killed in WWII’s battle of Tarawa to be buried in Denver” |
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PFC Robert Junior Carter |
| Company G, Second Battalion, 8th Marines | |
| KIA on Betio, Tarawa atoll, 20 November 1943 | |
| 1943. Buried Grave #6, Row B, Division Cemetery #3 (a.k.a. 8th Marines Cemetery #2 / Betio Cemetery 27). 2015. Cemetery located by History Flight; remains turned over to DPAA officials. Accounted for on 16 September. |
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| Final Disposition: Arlington National Cemetery |
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| Obituary DPAA News Release (6 July 2016) Funeral Photography by Patrick J. Hughes Funeral Video by Patrick J. Hughes “A Lost Marine of Tarawa Finally Comes Home” |
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PFC James Patrick Reilly |
| Company L, Third Battalion, 8th Marines | |
| KIA on Betio, Tarawa atoll, 20 November 1943 | |
| 1943. Buried Grave #21, Division Cemetery #3 (a.k.a. 8th Marines Cemetery #2 / Betio Cemetery 27). 2015. Cemetery located by History Flight; remains turned over to DPAA officials. Identified on 25 August; accounted for on 5 September. |
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| Final Disposition: Florida National Cemetery |
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| DPAA News Release (2 November 2015) “Queens WWII Marine killed in Pacific finally coming home” “Torn Asunder in 1943 Battle, Twins Are Reunited Under Florida Soil” |
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Corporal James Dmitri Otto |
| Company L, Third Battalion, 8th Marines | |
| KIA on Betio, Tarawa atoll, 20 November 1943 | |
| 1943. Buried Grave #1, Division Cemetery #3 (a.k.a. 8th Marines Cemetery #2 / Betio Cemetery 27). 2015. Cemetery located by History Flight; remains turned over to DPAA officials. Identified on 11 August; accounted for on 5 September. |
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| Final Disposition: Arlington National Cemetery |
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| DPAA News Release (1 December 2015) DPAA Press Release (4 December 2015) History Flight “Cemetery 27” press release “’Unknown’ marine receives Arlington burial seven decades after death in battle” “Search uncovers remains of missing Lejeune Marine” |
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1Lt. Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman, Jr. |
| F Company, Second Battalion, 18th Marines | |
| KIA on Betio, Tarawa atoll, 22 November 1943 | |
| 1943. Buried Grave #17, Division Cemetery #3 (a.k.a. 8th Marines Cemetery #2 / Betio Cemetery 27). 2015. Cemetery located by History Flight; remains turned over to DPAA officials. Identified 10 August; accounted for 27 August. |
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| Final Disposition: Highland Memorial Gardens, Knoxville, TN |
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| Congressional Medal of Honor Society DPAA News Release (22 September 2015) History Flight “Cemetery 27” press release Clay Bonnyman Evans Funeral Video “1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. Returns Home from Tarawa” |
