USMC World War II
Sgt. William M. Owens KIA Marshall Is, February 1, 1944
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Covington Kentucky
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Owens
service# 330630
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The Marshall Islands were invaded in late January 1944. The capture of the numerous islands, islets, and reefs improved communications across the Pacific and took the intense focus of the Japanese off General Douglas A. McArthur, USA, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN, in the harsh battles of the Southwest and South Pacific.
D plus 1, 1 February, the LSTs had moved inside the lagoon, the northern component off Roi-Namur and the southern component facing Kwajalein Island. The two lead battalions of the 24th Marines churning towards Namur. Early on the afternoon of the next day, 2 February, D plus 2, the 24th Marines finished its conquest of Namur, and the island was declared "secured." In the final moments of combat, however, Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla J. Dyess, commander of the 1st Battalion, was standing to direct the last attack of his men. A burst of machine gun fire riddled his body,
Sgt. William M. Owens KIA Marshall Is, February 1, 1944
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Covington Kentucky
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Owens
service# 330630
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The Marshall Islands were invaded in late January 1944. The capture of the numerous islands, islets, and reefs improved communications across the Pacific and took the intense focus of the Japanese off General Douglas A. McArthur, USA, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN, in the harsh battles of the Southwest and South Pacific.
D plus 1, 1 February, the LSTs had moved inside the lagoon, the northern component off Roi-Namur and the southern component facing Kwajalein Island. The two lead battalions of the 24th Marines churning towards Namur. Early on the afternoon of the next day, 2 February, D plus 2, the 24th Marines finished its conquest of Namur, and the island was declared "secured." In the final moments of combat, however, Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla J. Dyess, commander of the 1st Battalion, was standing to direct the last attack of his men. A burst of machine gun fire riddled his body,
USMC World War II
Sgt. William M. Owens KIA Marshall Is, February 1, 1944
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Covington Kentucky
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Owens
service# 330630
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The Marshall Islands were invaded in late January 1944. The capture of the numerous islands, islets, and reefs improved communications across the Pacific and took the intense focus of the Japanese off General Douglas A. McArthur, USA, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN, in the harsh battles of the Southwest and South Pacific.
D plus 1, 1 February, the LSTs had moved inside the lagoon, the northern component off Roi-Namur and the southern component facing Kwajalein Island. The two lead battalions of the 24th Marines churning towards Namur. Early on the afternoon of the next day, 2 February, D plus 2, the 24th Marines finished its conquest of Namur, and the island was declared "secured." In the final moments of combat, however, Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla J. Dyess, commander of the 1st Battalion, was standing to direct the last attack of his men. A burst of machine gun fire riddled his body,
Sgt. William M. Owens KIA Marshall Is, February 1, 1944
Unit Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Covington Kentucky
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Owens
service# 330630
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The Marshall Islands were invaded in late January 1944. The capture of the numerous islands, islets, and reefs improved communications across the Pacific and took the intense focus of the Japanese off General Douglas A. McArthur, USA, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN, in the harsh battles of the Southwest and South Pacific.
D plus 1, 1 February, the LSTs had moved inside the lagoon, the northern component off Roi-Namur and the southern component facing Kwajalein Island. The two lead battalions of the 24th Marines churning towards Namur. Early on the afternoon of the next day, 2 February, D plus 2, the 24th Marines finished its conquest of Namur, and the island was declared "secured." In the final moments of combat, however, Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla J. Dyess, commander of the 1st Battalion, was standing to direct the last attack of his men. A burst of machine gun fire riddled his body,
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SGT, 24 MARINE REGT, 4 MARINE DIV WORLD WAR II
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