On May 4, 2018, Marine Corps 1SGT David Harvey Quinn, 24, killed in World War II, was finally laid to rest in American soil with full military honors.
Born and raised in Temple, NH, David Harvey Quinn was the 4th of 9 children born to George Whitney & Kittie Evelyn (Edwards) Quinn. "3rd Generation Irish", David's father was also the 2nd Park Manager of Monadnock State Park and his mother worked at the park often as well. He enjoyed his times there immensely.
On May the 24th of 1941, David enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He spent time at Parris Island, SC and Quantico, VA prior to being sent to Dunedin, Florida later that year to learn about the unit's amtracks and LVT. Before leaving Florida, David would be promoted to Corporal and while in San Diego in early 1942 he made Sergeat. He would make 1st Sergeant before landing on the beaches of Guadalcanal. Following the fighting in the Solomons, the Marines and Corpsmen were sent to Wellington, New Zealand for some much needed R&R and to prepare for whatever lay ahead; it was there that Sgt Quinn met and wed the lovely Miss Zoe Margaret Boeson.
1Sgt Quinn was with his brothers in Charlie Company of the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion (C-2d Amp Tr Bn) when they landed on Betio as part of Operation: GALVANIC. The mission of the 2nd Marine Division was to secure the island in order to control the Japanese airstrip in the Tarawa Atoll; thereby preventing the Japanese Imperial forces from getting closer to the United States, and enabling US forces to get closer to mainland Japan. It would become one of the bloodiest battles in the Corps history.
It was November 20, 1943 (D-Day for the "Battle of Tarawa"), when young David - just 24 years old - was mortally wounded by an exploding enemy shell during the first wave of the assault.
A memorial marker was placed here (Miller Cemetery) by David's family, in hopes that his remains would one day be found and returned home. For 70 years, David's remained buried on that island where he and so many of his brothers-in-arms fell.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance the Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Quinn’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947. By 1949, the remains that had not been identified were interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In October 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the Punchbowl and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
In October 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the "Punchbowl" and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
On May 4, 2018, David's dignified transfer took place at Logan Airport, with funeral services held at the Congregational Church of Temple on the following day.
Although 1Sgt Quinn has been recovered and identified, his name shall remain permanently inscribed among Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing" of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial (56112267, a cenotaph). A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that David is no longer missing.
SOURCES
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 18-050 (April 30, 2018)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
Born and raised in Temple, NH, David Harvey Quinn was the 4th of 9 children born to George Whitney & Kittie Evelyn (Edwards) Quinn. "3rd Generation Irish", David's father was also the 2nd Park Manager of Monadnock State Park and his mother worked at the park often as well. He enjoyed his times there immensely.
On May the 24th of 1941, David enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He spent time at Parris Island, SC and Quantico, VA prior to being sent to Dunedin, Florida later that year to learn about the unit's amtracks and LVT. Before leaving Florida, David would be promoted to Corporal and while in San Diego in early 1942 he made Sergeat. He would make 1st Sergeant before landing on the beaches of Guadalcanal. Following the fighting in the Solomons, the Marines and Corpsmen were sent to Wellington, New Zealand for some much needed R&R and to prepare for whatever lay ahead; it was there that Sgt Quinn met and wed the lovely Miss Zoe Margaret Boeson.
1Sgt Quinn was with his brothers in Charlie Company of the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion (C-2d Amp Tr Bn) when they landed on Betio as part of Operation: GALVANIC. The mission of the 2nd Marine Division was to secure the island in order to control the Japanese airstrip in the Tarawa Atoll; thereby preventing the Japanese Imperial forces from getting closer to the United States, and enabling US forces to get closer to mainland Japan. It would become one of the bloodiest battles in the Corps history.
It was November 20, 1943 (D-Day for the "Battle of Tarawa"), when young David - just 24 years old - was mortally wounded by an exploding enemy shell during the first wave of the assault.
A memorial marker was placed here (Miller Cemetery) by David's family, in hopes that his remains would one day be found and returned home. For 70 years, David's remained buried on that island where he and so many of his brothers-in-arms fell.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance the Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Quinn’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947. By 1949, the remains that had not been identified were interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In October 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the Punchbowl and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
In October 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the "Punchbowl" and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
On May 4, 2018, David's dignified transfer took place at Logan Airport, with funeral services held at the Congregational Church of Temple on the following day.
Although 1Sgt Quinn has been recovered and identified, his name shall remain permanently inscribed among Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing" of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial (56112267, a cenotaph). A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that David is no longer missing.
SOURCES
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 18-050 (April 30, 2018)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
On May 4, 2018, Marine Corps 1SGT David Harvey Quinn, 24, killed in World War II, was finally laid to rest in American soil with full military honors.
Born and raised in Temple, NH, David Harvey Quinn was the 4th of 9 children born to George Whitney & Kittie Evelyn (Edwards) Quinn. "3rd Generation Irish", David's father was also the 2nd Park Manager of Monadnock State Park and his mother worked at the park often as well. He enjoyed his times there immensely.
On May the 24th of 1941, David enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He spent time at Parris Island, SC and Quantico, VA prior to being sent to Dunedin, Florida later that year to learn about the unit's amtracks and LVT. Before leaving Florida, David would be promoted to Corporal and while in San Diego in early 1942 he made Sergeat. He would make 1st Sergeant before landing on the beaches of Guadalcanal. Following the fighting in the Solomons, the Marines and Corpsmen were sent to Wellington, New Zealand for some much needed R&R and to prepare for whatever lay ahead; it was there that Sgt Quinn met and wed the lovely Miss Zoe Margaret Boeson.
1Sgt Quinn was with his brothers in Charlie Company of the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion (C-2d Amp Tr Bn) when they landed on Betio as part of Operation: GALVANIC. The mission of the 2nd Marine Division was to secure the island in order to control the Japanese airstrip in the Tarawa Atoll; thereby preventing the Japanese Imperial forces from getting closer to the United States, and enabling US forces to get closer to mainland Japan. It would become one of the bloodiest battles in the Corps history.
It was November 20, 1943 (D-Day for the "Battle of Tarawa"), when young David - just 24 years old - was mortally wounded by an exploding enemy shell during the first wave of the assault.
A memorial marker was placed here (Miller Cemetery) by David's family, in hopes that his remains would one day be found and returned home. For 70 years, David's remained buried on that island where he and so many of his brothers-in-arms fell.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance the Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Quinn’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947. By 1949, the remains that had not been identified were interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In October 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the Punchbowl and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
In October 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the "Punchbowl" and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
On May 4, 2018, David's dignified transfer took place at Logan Airport, with funeral services held at the Congregational Church of Temple on the following day.
Although 1Sgt Quinn has been recovered and identified, his name shall remain permanently inscribed among Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing" of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial (56112267, a cenotaph). A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that David is no longer missing.
SOURCES
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 18-050 (April 30, 2018)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
Born and raised in Temple, NH, David Harvey Quinn was the 4th of 9 children born to George Whitney & Kittie Evelyn (Edwards) Quinn. "3rd Generation Irish", David's father was also the 2nd Park Manager of Monadnock State Park and his mother worked at the park often as well. He enjoyed his times there immensely.
On May the 24th of 1941, David enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He spent time at Parris Island, SC and Quantico, VA prior to being sent to Dunedin, Florida later that year to learn about the unit's amtracks and LVT. Before leaving Florida, David would be promoted to Corporal and while in San Diego in early 1942 he made Sergeat. He would make 1st Sergeant before landing on the beaches of Guadalcanal. Following the fighting in the Solomons, the Marines and Corpsmen were sent to Wellington, New Zealand for some much needed R&R and to prepare for whatever lay ahead; it was there that Sgt Quinn met and wed the lovely Miss Zoe Margaret Boeson.
1Sgt Quinn was with his brothers in Charlie Company of the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion (C-2d Amp Tr Bn) when they landed on Betio as part of Operation: GALVANIC. The mission of the 2nd Marine Division was to secure the island in order to control the Japanese airstrip in the Tarawa Atoll; thereby preventing the Japanese Imperial forces from getting closer to the United States, and enabling US forces to get closer to mainland Japan. It would become one of the bloodiest battles in the Corps history.
It was November 20, 1943 (D-Day for the "Battle of Tarawa"), when young David - just 24 years old - was mortally wounded by an exploding enemy shell during the first wave of the assault.
A memorial marker was placed here (Miller Cemetery) by David's family, in hopes that his remains would one day be found and returned home. For 70 years, David's remained buried on that island where he and so many of his brothers-in-arms fell.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance the Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Quinn’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947. By 1949, the remains that had not been identified were interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In October 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the Punchbowl and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
In October 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-115 from the "Punchbowl" and sent the remains to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Quinn's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence.
On May 4, 2018, David's dignified transfer took place at Logan Airport, with funeral services held at the Congregational Church of Temple on the following day.
Although 1Sgt Quinn has been recovered and identified, his name shall remain permanently inscribed among Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing" of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial (56112267, a cenotaph). A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that David is no longer missing.
SOURCES
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 18-050 (April 30, 2018)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
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