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First Marine Division Cemetery

Okinawa, Okinawa-shi, Okinawa, Japan

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This was the temporary resting place for many fallen soldiers.

No one is buried here now. This is no longer a cemetery.

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The First Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa as it appeared in late-1945. This was the interim resting place for the divisional Marines and Corpsmen who died in combat on Okinawa. US Marine Corps photo

My great uncle Corp Leslie Charles Sargent was buried here in Grave 99 plot 2.

3 years 9 months and 30 days he finally is laid to rest at Hillside Memorial Park.

This was the temporary resting place for many fallen soldiers.

No one is buried here now. This is no longer a cemetery.

The last photo to the right:

My great uncle Corp Leslie Charles Sargent was buried here in Grave 99 plot 2.

3 years 9 months and 30 days he finally is laid to rest at Hillside Memorial Park.

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