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Casualty Info
Home Town San Diego, CA
Casualty Date Dec 09, 1950
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Other Accident
Location Korea, South
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment San Francisco National Cemetery (VA) - San Francisco, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates West 830-B
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Chief Yeoman Hill was a member of the US Navy serving in Korea. He died of other causes on December 9, 1950.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 3597245
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Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Gilbert Islands Operation
From Month/Year
November / 1943
To Month/Year
December / 1943
Description In the Pacific Theater of World War II, the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, from November 1943 through February 1944, were key strategic operations of the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. The purpose was to establish airfields that would allow land based air support for the upcoming operations across the Central Pacific. The campaign began with a costly three-day battle for the island of Betio at the Tarawa atoll. The campaign was preceded a year earlier by a diversionary raid on Makin Island by U.S. Marines.