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NAME Duel Lenard Niswonger |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 276215 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston |
HOME OF RECORD Crowley, CO |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Janey Niswonger |
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| DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1918 at Warm Springs, AR |
ENTERED SERVICE October 20, 1939 at Denver, CO |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942 alt. February 28, 1942 |
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| REGION Java Sea |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead December 15, 1945 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Duel L. Niswonger was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait. Niswonger’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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This was my mother’s brother. I never got to meet him. I would hear the family talk about him but that was all. I have a picture of him in his uniform my mother had. I don’t know what to do with the picture. My mother has passed away along with her mother & father as is all his siblings. I read an article and it stated no picture of him was available.is there a museum of the wars we have been in.
I am now 71 myself and would like to see the picture go somewhere for it to be displayed.
This was my mother’s brother. I never got to meet him. I would hear the family talk about him but that was all. I have a picture of him in his uniform my mother had. I don’t know what to do with the picture. My mother has passed away along with her mother & father as is all his siblings. I read an article and it stated no picture of him was available.is there a museum of the wars we have been in.
I am now 71 myself and would like to see the picture go somewhere for it to be displayed.