US Marine Corps
WWII Veteran
Company "C", First Battalion, Second Marines Reinforced, Fmf, In The Field
His memorial in the Phillipines
Pvt Donald H Beale
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Courtesy of Vaughan Mavir
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Private Donald H. Beale served with C/1/2nd Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal.
At 0630 on 3 November 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines began advancing west from the Point Cruz area, aiming for an area designated as the O3 Line. Shortly after noon, when about 300 yards short of the objective, they ran into a hornet’s nest of machine gun and mortar fire, and suffered 74 casualties before withdrawing to defensive positions.
Private Beale was killed in action during the day’s fighting; his body was left on the field. The exact location was not recorded, and his remains have not been accounted for.*
WWII Veteran
Company "C", First Battalion, Second Marines Reinforced, Fmf, In The Field
His memorial in the Phillipines
Pvt Donald H Beale
==================================================
Courtesy of Vaughan Mavir
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Private Donald H. Beale served with C/1/2nd Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal.
At 0630 on 3 November 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines began advancing west from the Point Cruz area, aiming for an area designated as the O3 Line. Shortly after noon, when about 300 yards short of the objective, they ran into a hornet’s nest of machine gun and mortar fire, and suffered 74 casualties before withdrawing to defensive positions.
Private Beale was killed in action during the day’s fighting; his body was left on the field. The exact location was not recorded, and his remains have not been accounted for.*
US Marine Corps
WWII Veteran
Company "C", First Battalion, Second Marines Reinforced, Fmf, In The Field
His memorial in the Phillipines
Pvt Donald H Beale
==================================================
Courtesy of Vaughan Mavir
==================================================
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Private Donald H. Beale served with C/1/2nd Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal.
At 0630 on 3 November 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines began advancing west from the Point Cruz area, aiming for an area designated as the O3 Line. Shortly after noon, when about 300 yards short of the objective, they ran into a hornet’s nest of machine gun and mortar fire, and suffered 74 casualties before withdrawing to defensive positions.
Private Beale was killed in action during the day’s fighting; his body was left on the field. The exact location was not recorded, and his remains have not been accounted for.*
WWII Veteran
Company "C", First Battalion, Second Marines Reinforced, Fmf, In The Field
His memorial in the Phillipines
Pvt Donald H Beale
==================================================
Courtesy of Vaughan Mavir
==================================================
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Private Donald H. Beale served with C/1/2nd Marines during the battle of Guadalcanal.
At 0630 on 3 November 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines began advancing west from the Point Cruz area, aiming for an area designated as the O3 Line. Shortly after noon, when about 300 yards short of the objective, they ran into a hornet’s nest of machine gun and mortar fire, and suffered 74 casualties before withdrawing to defensive positions.
Private Beale was killed in action during the day’s fighting; his body was left on the field. The exact location was not recorded, and his remains have not been accounted for.*
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