Serial# 269977
"Sunday, 21 November 1943. Lowered ensign to half-mast and buried at sea the following marines killed in action during the occupation of Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on 20 November 1943: Veeck, W.E...."
Source: decklog USS Arthur Middleton APA-25; Don Allen, "Tarawa's Missing in Action," Follow Me, Sept-Oct 2003.
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