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orld War II Makin Atoll Marine Raider
Timeline
Birth- 20 Aug 1922
Tulare, CA
Marine Corps Service: Casualty Date
17 Aug 1942
Marine Corps Service: Battles
Makin Island Raid
Marine Corps Service: Unit
2nd Marine Raiders Battalion
Marine Corps Service: Rank
Corporal
Marine Corps Service: Service #
293609
Marine Corps Service: Conflicts
World War II
Marine Corps Service: Decorations
Purple Heart
Marine Corps Service: Age at Loss
19 years old
Occupation
Marine
Recovery: Grave Registration Team Investigation
1 Jan 1949
Recovery: JTFFA Investigation
1 Aug 1998
Recovery: Recovery Site
Makin Atoll
Recovery: Identified
1 Jan 2000
Recovery: CILHI Excavation
1 Nov 1999
Recovery: Repatriated
17 Dec 1999
Recovery: Identification
Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii
Gender
Male
Death- 17 Aug 1942-Age: 20 years
Killed in Action
Makin Island
Burial- 1 Feb 2001
Tulare District Cemetery, Tulare, CA
Other Facts
Full Name
I. B. Earles