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Casualty Info
Home Town Vallejo, California
Last Address McGuire Field, San Jose, Mindoro, Philippines
Casualty Date Jan 03, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Philippines
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
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.