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Casualty Info
Home Town Salt Lake City, Utah
Last Address Tanauan Airfield, Leyte, Philippines
Casualty Date Mar 12, 1945
Cause Non Hostile- Died while Missing
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Philippines
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Memory Grove Memorial Cemetery - Salt Lake City, Utah
WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations//Leyte Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
October / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1945
Description (Leyte Campaign 17 October 1944 to 1 July 1945) On 17 October 1944, after preparatory bombardment, the invasion of the Philippines got under way with the seizure of islands guarding Leyte Gulf. The landing on Leyte itself on 20 October was strongly contested by Japanese forces on land and at sea. Organized resistance on the island did not end until after Christmas, and mopping up operations continued for a long time. Meanwhile, at the end of October, the neighboring island of Samar was occupied with little difficulty.