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Contact Info
Home Town Olney, Illinois
Date of Passing Jun 25, 1966
Location of Interment San Francisco National Cemetery (VA) - San Francisco, California
Commissioned Nov 1918 as 2LT of Infantry.
Retired July 1957.
Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-43)/Battle of Guadalcanal
From Month/Year
August / 1942
To Month/Year
February / 1943
Description The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction. Reinforcements were funneled to the island as a series of land and sea clashes unfolded, and both sides endured heavy losses to their warship contingents. However, the Japanese suffered a far greater toll of casualties, forcing their withdrawal from Guadalcanal by February 1943.