Atanasoff, Keyro, SSMB3

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Last Primary NEC
SSMB-0000-Ship's Serviceman Barber
Last Rating/NEC Group
Ship's Serviceman Barber
Primary Unit
1944-1945, SSMB-0000, USS Franklin (CV-13)
Service Years
1943 - 1945
SSMB-Ship's Serviceman Barber

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
 Year of Birth
1913
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Steelton, PA		 Last Address
215 Francis St
Steelton, PA
Casualty Date
Mar 19, 1945		  
Cause
Hostile-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Baldwin Cemetery - Steelton, Pennsylvania		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
(memorial marker)

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Western Caroline Islands Operation/Battle of Peleliu
Start Year
1944		 End Year
1944

Description
The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September–November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau. U.S. Marines of the First Marine Division and later soldiers of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager which ran from June–November 1944 in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

Major General William Rupertus, USMC—commander of 1st Marine Division—predicted the island would be secured within four days. However, due to Japan's well-crafted fortifications and stiff resistance, the battle lasted over two months. In the United States, it was a controversial battle because of the island's questionable strategic value and the high casualty rate, which exceeded all other amphibious operations during the Pacific War. The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines".
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Year
1944		 To Year
1944
 
Last Updated:
Sep 15, 2019
   
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  172 Also There at This Battle:
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  • Beckwith, John Edward, S1c, (1942-1945)
  • Carter, Loyd, PO3, (1941-1945)
  • Catalano, Joseph, PO3, (1943-1945)
  • Cooper, Kenneth Winston, CPO, (1940-1960)
  • Crookshank, Irvin, PO2, (1942-1946)
  • Crowell, Marshall Medford, F1c, (1943-1945)
  • Dawson, William L., PO2, (1942-1945)
  • Easter, Claude, PO2, (1942-1945)
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