Who did his work, Held his place, and had no fear to die.
From a sign in a cemetary on Betio.
U.S. MARINE CORPS
Tarawa Atoll
Lieutenant Colonel
Amey, Herbert R., Jr.
Claude, David K.
Major
Captain
Fox, James O.
Little, Bonnie A.
Rose, Robert W.
Royster, Thomas B.
Tatom, William E.
Walker, Edward G., Jr.
Wentzel, George R.
First Lieutenant
Bonnyman, Alexander, Jr.
Cariton, David A.
Dunahoe, Clinton N.
Fricks. Hugh D.
Gaston, Glenn M.
Harvey. Robert J.
Hennessey, Edward C.
Hofmann, Wilbur E.
Maurer, Walter L.
Mills, Justin G.
Phillips, John B.
Reichel, Maurice F.
Rixstine, Herman E.
Ross, Armstead E.
Ruud, Reuben P.
Sheedy, William I.
Vincent, Richard W.
Second Lieutenant
Anderson, John E.
Beck, Louis B.
Becker, Thomas D.
Blakeslee, Leslie C.
Bussa, George S.
Carpenter, Willis A.
Christenson, Marius W.
Culp, William C.
Curry, Louis E.
Dahlgren, Donald R.
Jauregui, Augustine V.
Martin, Fred J.
Matthews, Ernest A.
Moore, Harvel L.
Powell, Buell Frederick
Rozanski, Edward E.
Sexton, Joseph J.
Terrell, John N.
Tomlinson, Mark
Warrant Officer-MG
Booker, Leonard A.
Shealy, Bernard E.
First Sergeant
Harris, George W.. Jr.
Konz, Michael P.
Slaughter, Orvan S.
Vanditti, Dominick
Gunnery Sergeant
Amadjo, Domenick D.
Cook, Sidney A.
Fleming Robert L.
Gregerson, Henry R.
Jay, William R.
Perkins, Paul
Stroud, Herbert
Summers, Arthur B.
Swanson, Harold
Wharton, Robert H.
Technical Sergeant
Supply Sergeant
Warren, Page
Platoon sergeant
Barker, Elmer C.
Dickens, Rowe W.
Gurley, Joe
Halstead, Murat
Nedbalec, Jerry
Norman, Basil, Jr.
Pate, Charles S.
Trotter, George E.
Wheeler, Leslie J.
Williams, Leonard E.
Staff Sergeant
Bayless, Joseph W.
Bordelon, William J.
Kroenung, Wesley L., Jr.
Snyder, John
Sergeant
Abbott, Myron L.
Atkins, James R.
Audette, Osea A.
Bowden, George W.
Bozarth, David B., Jr.
Brackeen, J. T.
Cole, Duane O.
Darby, Howard O.
Dimon, Emmett L.
Dougherty, Michael D.
Farris, Fred
Filicky, Frank S.
Flanary, Kermit C.
Fomby, Clifton E.
Gerst, James L.
Gibbons, William R.
Haisley, James R.
Hubert, James J.
Jellema, John B.
Johnson, Hugh W.
Johnson, Roy W.
Kidwell, Julius H.
Ledbetter, Emmet G.
Lee, Lendell
Lindquist, Everett S.
Loyall, Lawrence L.
Lyon, Clifford A.
Maine, James J.
Marble, Bernard A.
Marsh, Everett N.
Mauriello, Ugo
Mitchell, Clyde C.
Moore, Fay V.
Morgan, Francis P.
Morris, Jerome B.
Odom, Millard
Phelps, Ulysses S.
Phillips, Kenneth N.
Powell, Frank C.
Powless, Henry
Randall, Dwight W.
Reece, Criss
Reeser, George R.
Richter, Leroy R.
Roberts, Raymond O.
Roll, Ralph G.
Simpson, Edward L.
Simpson, Robert E.
Skinner, Morris W.
Smith, Kenneth L.
Snair, Carl, Jr.
Stoddard, Donald D.
Sutherland, Walter V.
Thorp, Vernon L.
Van Heck, Robert F.
Wells, Vernon S.
Wiehardt, Vincent H.
Williamson, Wesley O.
Corporal
Abadie, John A.
Adams, Clay O.
Anderson, Vern M.
Andregg, Henry, Jr.
Barrows, Merle R.
Berg, Thomas J.
Birdsong, Jessie L.
Bowen, Clovis William
Bowie, Clovis Woodward
Brueckner, Norman L.
Bryan. James W.
Burill, Russell M.
Cabral, Frank R.
Cain, Thomas D., Jr.
Campbell. Arthur A,
Coatley, Elmer W.
Cole. Oscar H. Jr.
Condelario, Vincent R.
Cooper, Thomas H.
Critchley, Walter G.
Depreta, James J.
Ecker, Clinton J., Jr.
Ellis. Harold O.
Fitzpatrick, John J.
Gagne, Arthur F., Jr.
Garde, Sebastian B.
Gautreaux, Lawrence M.
Getz, Allen K.
Gleason, Robert B.
Goins. Maryin F.
Goldtrap, Claire E.
Gonzalves, Joseph R.
Gorene, Joseph A.
Guerriero, Anthony G.
Haywood, William C,
Hirt, Gerald A.
Hogan, Jimmie D.
Holland, Paul J.
Hopping, Ernest F.
Jarmulowski, Stanley V.
Karlson, Donald A.
Lanning. Hazen B.
Lantz, John R.
Lee, Wilson R,
Luther, Hubert C,
Marshall, Edward
Marshall. Richard H.
Martin, Elmer L.
Martinez, John J.
Massey, Stanley E.
Mayer, Stephen J.
McCall, Quentin W.
McGrath, John J.
McNichol, John V.
Meadow, Wayne G.
Miller, Harold E.
Miller, Walter A.
O'Donnell, Morgan H.
Paluch, George A,
Paredes, Osbaldo R.
Patterson, David W.
Pellerito, Andrew
Percer, Walter T.
Phillips, John E.
Pinckard. George W.
Platt, Thomas F.
Rasmussen, Albert L.
Ribeiro, Arthur E.
Rigdon, Marvin R.
Robertson, Mark R.
Sands, William F.
Scisley, John Francis
Sherrod, James H.
Shockey, Warren R.
Simonetti, Joseph M.
Smith, Glen R.
Snapp, Raymond C,
Snipes, Neal E.
Snyder, Robert A,
Spence, John S.
Trantham, Jack
Tuhey, Raymond J.
Valdez, Charles T.
Vaughan. Welver C.
Walczewski, Edmund R.
Wallace, Fred C.
Wallace, Frederick L.
Walsh, Robert A.
Webb, Hester S.
Williamson, William L.
Private First Class
Ackerman, Henry R.
Adkins, Ray E.
Agnew, Robert H.
Alger, Theodore J.
Allen, Randolph
Anderson, Harold J.
Anderson, Truitt A.
Ard, Olan
Armstrong, Jarrel M.
Ary, Clarence K.
Athon, Frank L., Jr.
Atkins, George J.
Ault, James W.
Ault, Joseph E.
Bacon, Thomas C.
Bange, Oliver L.
Barden, John J.
Bauman, Benjamin G.
Baumbach, Elden R.
Bayens, John R.
Begin, William W.
Bemis, Robert E.
Benavides, Philip U.
Bennett, Nelson C.
Berg, Bert M.
Bishop, Edward E.
Bittick, Rova E,, Jr.
Blackmon, Clarence E.
Bohne, Kenneth D.
Bosehetti, Joseph F.
Braddock, Abraham S.
Brandenburg, William F.
Braun, Richard
Breithaupt, Marion W.
Brindley, Warren B.
Brock, Roland E.
Brown, Darwin H.
Brown, Duane McL.
Brozyna, Anthony
Buan, Norman A.
Burch, Harold R.
Burrows, Merrill G.
Byrd, Harry E.
Byrnes, Bernard J.
Campbell, Douglas K.
Campbell, Floyd E.
Campbell, Lewis A.
Cancilla, Nicholas J.
Cantrell, Charles L.
Carney, Russell L.
Carstensen, Robert H.
Cashion, Marvin P.
Casto, William M.
Cavin, William F.
Charpilloz, Lyle E.
Cherry, Ray L.
Childress, Frank E.
Collins, Sidney E.
Conley, Allen N.
Conner, George M.
Coons, Sigal E.
Coots, Patrick J.
Cope, Benjamin A.
Courtleigh, Richard W.
Cox, Gene W.
Cox, Noah A.
Crislip, Franklin R.
Cromer, Ernest E.
Collars, Willie D.
Currier, Charles B.
Cywinski, Raymond P.
Daley, Allan C.
Daman, Victor M.
Daniels, Aaron
De Lellis, John C
Deauchamp, Frederick J.
Dehring, Roger W.
Dekker, Howard R.
Despierto, Andrew E.
Drucker, Maurice J.
Drumheiser, Clarence E.
Duff, Harris K.
Duffy, John F,
Dull, Raymond O.
Eckhardt, Kenneth F.
Edwards, Alfred
Edwards, Henry O.
Elliott, Samuel B.
Fahy. John M.
Farat, Walter J.
Faria, Louis
Farino, Dominic A.
Fazekas, Ernest A.
Feeney, John T.
Fein, Bernard J.
Feldner, Victor H.
Feltmeier, William C.
Fish, William L.
Ford, Donald R.
Fox, Jack, Jr.
Fox, Rohert W.
Funk, Oliver A.
Galland, Mervin D.
Gamble, James H.
Gambrell, Donnell E.
Garrison, Lawrence E.
Gaviglia, Victor J.
Gehrig, John C.
Gillen, John E.
Gillis, Basil J.
Gilman, Paul D.
Glowacz, Stanley S.
Goff, Ralph V.
Gore, Ben H.
Gow, Morris S.
Grant, Charles R.
Green, Michael
Greer, John C. Jr.
Griffon, Joseph
Hancock, J. L.
Hannon, Harold P.
Harris, Jay C.
Harrison, Arnold, Jr.
Harrison, Jess R., Jr.
Hatch, Robert J.
Hayden, Harold W.
Headley, Chester J.
Hedger. Reuben E.
Hein, Frank
Hein, James L.
Hensel, George R.
Herbig, Theodore R.
Herman, Bob D.
Hill, Jack E.
Hoffman. John W., Jr.
Holm, John W.
Holt, Clifford
Hoskin, Donald F.
Hullinger. William V.
Hunter, Donald F.
Hutchison, Orville A.
Hyde. Preston F.
Ice, Robert L.
James, Ernest C.
James, Ray
Jarrett, Russell L.
Jeffries, Thomas E.
Jenkins, Robert M.
Jenks, Robert D.
Johnson, Andrew D.
Johnson, James B.
Johnson. Robert S.
Johnson, Thomas F.
Johnston, Robert E.
Jones, Cecil R.
Jorgensen, Herbert O.
Jorgensen, Wesley P.
Katsulis, Demosthenes V.
KeIlner, Frank J.
Knowles, Clifford L.
Kocopy, Michael
Kountzman, Ralph C.
Kourkos, Sam J.
Krchmar, Frank V.
Krieger. Jack H.
Kristal, Leonard E.
Kroll, William A.
Krzys, Marcel J.
Kubarski, Chester J.
Kuykendall, Elias
Lam, Francis P.
Langan, John P.
Larson, Oscar B.
Latin, Joseph A.
Law, John A., Jr.
Lawick, Walter J.
Lawrence, Robert J.
Lawson, Gordon K.
Le Roy, Hartley S.
Lee, Raymond N.
Lee, Robert E.
Leland, James G.
Lemay. Sylvio
Lemberg, Walter A.
Leveridge, Seldon
Lewis, Kenneth I.
Light, Joseph T.
Likens, Kenneth W.
Liles, Doyne A.
Lillie, Frank R.
Limburg, William H.
Limpach. Cleatis U.
Livermore, Joseph R.
Lorenz, Henry
Luedtke, Daryl M.
Lunndrigan, Carol E.
Lutzow, Henry
MacDonald, John W.
Mahaffey, Robert L.
Maidment, Roger V.
Mang, Jack W.
Mannise, Joseph J.
Mannix. Kenneth F.
Mansfield, James F.
Markey, John J., Jr.
Mathewson, Harold G.
Mathies, Elmer L., Jr.
Mattern, Wilbur C.
Mayer, Milton J.
McDermott, Giles, Jr.
McDonald, Ambrose A.
McDowell, William J.
McGhee, Cecil E.
McIalwain, Stanley L.
McKay, William S.
McManus, Michael A.
McNeil, Ralph C.
Menendez, Manuel
Menger, Arthur G.
Meyers, William J.
Mickelsen, James G.
Miller, Charles D.
Miller, Gordon P.
Miller, Jack E.
Miller, Walter J.
Millick, Arnold R.
Minick, Zihlman T.
Monick, Francis J.
Montague, Charles
Moore, Ned L.
Moran, William E.
Motz, Robert L.
Murray, George B.
Nalazek, Edward A.
Nicar, William R.
Nunes, Manuel, Jr.
O'Boyle, Anthony A.
O'Hair, Robert W.
Oetjen, Charles E.
Olano, Philip L.
Olson, Oscar L.
Osmauski, Eugene
Osterman, Budd A.
Otto, Norbert O.
Palmira, Dominic A.
Parsons, Samuel R.
Paulson, Ralph L.
Pegg, Elzieathin A.
Peralta, Ernest P.
Perkins, Harold E.
Philippe, Robert S.
Philips, Cleo M.
Pickering, Raymond A.
Pilgrim, Luther W.
Poeta, John G.
Polich, George A.
Polmaskitch, Andrew, Jr.
Powell, Glenn B.
Prince, Forrest E.
Prince, John F.
Racener, Joe D.
Ragsdale, Howard B.
Redmann, Gregory
Reeder, Otto
Reilly, James P.
Reynolds, John D.
Reynolds, Marvin T.
Rice, James F.
Riggin, James M.
Robbins, Gilbert E.
Robert, Marion P.
Roberts, Larry R.
Rodriguez, Jorge I.
Romancik, Raymond J.
Rommel, Max
Ruff, Thomas F.
Ruggiero, Eugene V.
Russell, Fernand J.
Russom, A. P.
Saini, John
Sanders, James C.
Sanders, Robert L.
Schaede, Roland E.
Scheel, Lloyd P.
Schempf, Harold
Schwartz, Marvin S.
Seng, Gene G., Jr.
Sentelle, Ottie B.
Shafer, William R.
Sheppard, Roy L.
Smith, Everett E.
Smith, Robert N.
Soeters, William H.
Somes, Arthur D.
Stark, Albert K.
Stephens, Raymond M.
Stephenson, Elzie B.
Steward, Richard M.
Strzelecki, Lee W. NEW
Stubbs, Arthur R.
Stuhldreier, John R.
Surber, Christopher O.
Svoboda, Jerry F.
Sweeney, Charles H.
Taylor, Roy B.
Taylor, William F.
Thielen, Henry M.
Thomas, Harold V.
Thompson, Robert H.
Toros, Arthur D.
Traver, George H.
Traversie, Vincent E.
Trowbridge, Kenneth E. *
Trotter, Christopher W.
Trout, Glen H.
Turl, David W.
Van Zandt, Jack B.
Vance, Joseph L.
Vosmer, Ronald W.
Wales, Lafey L.
Wallace, Charles E.
Waller, Alvin O.
Walton, Orson L.
Ward, Donald E.
Ward, Gene C.
Warnes, Richard C.
Warren, Raymond
Watkins, James E.
Welever, Clifford T.
Wende, Arthur E.
Westfall, John C., Jr.
Wetelainen, George H.
White, Glenn F.
Whitehunt, James O.
Wielgus, Leo J.
Wiesehan, Louis
Williams, Alvin R.
Williams, David M.
Williams, Ralph L.
Wills, John. W.
Wingler, Paul D.
Winkley, Manley F.
Winnemucca, Stanley
Woolsey, Freeman C.
Wright, Edgar W.
Young. James R.
Young, Marvin E.
Young, Walter H.
Zimmerman, Sherman G.
Assistant Cook
Masoni, Frank L.
Field Music First Class
Franciskato, Robert E.
Hoy, David C.
Keele, Roy E.
Nelson, Warren G.
Private
Andrada, Donald J.
Baribeau, Robert J.
Barker, Lowell
Benson, Edwin F.
Bitzer, Herbert L,
Blevins, William F.
Bolthouse, John A., Jr.
Boylan, John A,
Brentnall, James H.
Brophy, William J.
Bryson, Alvin C.
Byrd, Faris G.
Carlson, Glen E.
Castle, James S., Jr.
Coble, Edward D.
Cowart, William F.
Cox. Harold L.
Cruz, Jacob
Davies, Abner W.. Jr.
Davis, Benjamin F.
Davis, James A.
Dill, Elvis A.
Few, George W.
Fouts, Eugene D.
Fox, Robert W.
Freet, Fred E.
Gasser, Allen C,
Geddes, Dale R.
Glass, Richard M.
Godin, Roger W.
Gooch, Erda A.
Goraj, Stanley R.
Greenwalt, Thomas J.
Grey, Harry O.
Griffin, Robert J.
Griffith, Roy C.
Guyton, Ezra O.
Hanlin, Harry L., Jr.
Haraldson, Palmer S.
Harding, Warren E.
Harris, Walter E.
Hicks, Wilson W.
Hillard, Robert W.
Hirst, Howard
Holtzclaw, Otho W.
Hornsby, Nelson La Y.
Huguet, Lester D.
Hunter, Nonnan O.
Jackson, Aaron F.
Jacob, John B.
Jenkins, Paul L.
Johnson, Hubert C.
Johnson, Martin R.
Jones, Maynard L., Jr.
Jordan, Edwin W.
Kams, Harold L.
Kees, Milton C.
Kerley, Dillard L.
Kiley. Willam G.
Kines, Emmett L.
Kriss, Frank C.
Kuck, Arthur G.
Lally, John F Jr.
Larson, Wayne A.
Livingston, Lloyd L.
Long, Harvey I.
Lynn, Everett E.
Lyntton, Max, Jr.
McCraw, Paul K.
McKinney, Robert C.
Messier, Adelphis J.
Mikel, Lawrence N.
Miller, Harley E.
Miller, Howard E.
Mulligan, James W.
Munn, Thomas J.
Oliver, Norman C.
Osika, Joseph W.
Osterland, Herbert F.
Pahl, Eugene D.
Parker, Albert L.
Parks, William A., Jr.
Parsons, Veral F.
Patrick, George F.
Pendergrast, Vernon L.
Penna, Frank F.
Pero, Edward R.
Pierce, Glen B.
Ragucci, Emil F.
Rambo, William E.
Redman, Jack M.
Reeves, Walter O.
Richardson, Glenn, Jr.
Roads, Addison B.
Salisbury, Harlowe D.
Salpietro, Matthew E,
Sharp, Arvil R.
Slobodnik, Andrew L.
Smith, Floyd R.
Smith, Robert I., Jr.
Spayd, Donald S.
Stambaugh, Jack K.
Stevens, Willis G.
Sturges, Forrest R.
Teter, Fay G.
Thomas, Edwin E.
Tillman, John M.
Tremmel, John O., Jr.
Tucker, Ernest E.
Tye, Harry D.
Vancil, Edwin H.
Varnado, Joseph W.
Voorheis, Donald D.
Waltz, Merlin W.
Wappel. Frank A.
Wetherington, Woodrow W.
Whately, Robert L.
Whitaker, Channing R.
Whitworth, James A.
Wilson, John A.
Wilson, Raymond P.
Winkler, Clifford A.
Wright, Richard G.
Yarbrough, James B.
Zazzetti, Joseph T.
NOTE: This list reports only KIA known through January 26, 1944. WIA and MIA are listed separately. If a name is missing from this list please send the Marine's name and any information for addition. * indicates this Maine was not listed in Sherrods KIA list.
Don Allen, "Tarawa's Missing in Action," Follow Me, Sept-Oct 2003.
Robert L. Sherrod Tarawa: the Story of a Battle, 1944.
Logbook, W. Wyeth Willard, handwritten 1942-1944.
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