On October 4, 2021, Marine Corps SGT Fred Farris, 19, killed in World War II, was finally laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
Born August 4, 1924, in Hillsboro, Texas, Fred was blessed to the union of Fred Sr and Elizabeth Orenbaum (nee Gilmore) Farris.
In November 1943, Farris was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Farris died on the first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reported to have been buried in Cemetery 10.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation. However, almost half of the known casualties were never found. Of those found, many were sent to facilities in Hawaii for further identification, but more than 90 sets of unidentifiable remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) in Honolulu. No recovered remains could be associated with Farris, and, in October 1949, a Board of Review declared him "non-recoverable."
For his service and sacrifice, Fred's parents accepted his awards including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
In May 2016, construction workers on Betio Island discovered possible human remains, and contacted History Flight, Inc. excavating American cemetery sites on the island. History Flight recovered the remains and investigated the site further, discovering additional remains and evidence confirming the site to be Cemetery 10. The remains were transferred to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
On November 7, 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-234 from the NMCP. Scientific analysis revealed elements of the History Flight turnover from Cemetery 10 were associated with X-234.
SGT Farris was accounted for on April 14, 2020. To identify Farris's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Fred was finally returned to his family and, on October 4, 2021, laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Marine Corps Sergeant Fred Farris is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, SGT Farris' name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Fred has finally been found.
SOURCE
http://www.ww2awards.com/person/42873
Born August 4, 1924, in Hillsboro, Texas, Fred was blessed to the union of Fred Sr and Elizabeth Orenbaum (nee Gilmore) Farris.
In November 1943, Farris was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Farris died on the first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reported to have been buried in Cemetery 10.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation. However, almost half of the known casualties were never found. Of those found, many were sent to facilities in Hawaii for further identification, but more than 90 sets of unidentifiable remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) in Honolulu. No recovered remains could be associated with Farris, and, in October 1949, a Board of Review declared him "non-recoverable."
For his service and sacrifice, Fred's parents accepted his awards including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
In May 2016, construction workers on Betio Island discovered possible human remains, and contacted History Flight, Inc. excavating American cemetery sites on the island. History Flight recovered the remains and investigated the site further, discovering additional remains and evidence confirming the site to be Cemetery 10. The remains were transferred to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
On November 7, 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-234 from the NMCP. Scientific analysis revealed elements of the History Flight turnover from Cemetery 10 were associated with X-234.
SGT Farris was accounted for on April 14, 2020. To identify Farris's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Fred was finally returned to his family and, on October 4, 2021, laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Marine Corps Sergeant Fred Farris is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, SGT Farris' name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Fred has finally been found.
SOURCE
http://www.ww2awards.com/person/42873
On October 4, 2021, Marine Corps SGT Fred Farris, 19, killed in World War II, was finally laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
Born August 4, 1924, in Hillsboro, Texas, Fred was blessed to the union of Fred Sr and Elizabeth Orenbaum (nee Gilmore) Farris.
In November 1943, Farris was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Farris died on the first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reported to have been buried in Cemetery 10.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation. However, almost half of the known casualties were never found. Of those found, many were sent to facilities in Hawaii for further identification, but more than 90 sets of unidentifiable remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) in Honolulu. No recovered remains could be associated with Farris, and, in October 1949, a Board of Review declared him "non-recoverable."
For his service and sacrifice, Fred's parents accepted his awards including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
In May 2016, construction workers on Betio Island discovered possible human remains, and contacted History Flight, Inc. excavating American cemetery sites on the island. History Flight recovered the remains and investigated the site further, discovering additional remains and evidence confirming the site to be Cemetery 10. The remains were transferred to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
On November 7, 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-234 from the NMCP. Scientific analysis revealed elements of the History Flight turnover from Cemetery 10 were associated with X-234.
SGT Farris was accounted for on April 14, 2020. To identify Farris's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Fred was finally returned to his family and, on October 4, 2021, laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Marine Corps Sergeant Fred Farris is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, SGT Farris' name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Fred has finally been found.
SOURCE
http://www.ww2awards.com/person/42873
Born August 4, 1924, in Hillsboro, Texas, Fred was blessed to the union of Fred Sr and Elizabeth Orenbaum (nee Gilmore) Farris.
In November 1943, Farris was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Farris died on the first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reported to have been buried in Cemetery 10.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation. However, almost half of the known casualties were never found. Of those found, many were sent to facilities in Hawaii for further identification, but more than 90 sets of unidentifiable remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) in Honolulu. No recovered remains could be associated with Farris, and, in October 1949, a Board of Review declared him "non-recoverable."
For his service and sacrifice, Fred's parents accepted his awards including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
In May 2016, construction workers on Betio Island discovered possible human remains, and contacted History Flight, Inc. excavating American cemetery sites on the island. History Flight recovered the remains and investigated the site further, discovering additional remains and evidence confirming the site to be Cemetery 10. The remains were transferred to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
On November 7, 2016, DPAA disinterred Tarawa Unknown X-234 from the NMCP. Scientific analysis revealed elements of the History Flight turnover from Cemetery 10 were associated with X-234.
SGT Farris was accounted for on April 14, 2020. To identify Farris's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
Fred was finally returned to his family and, on October 4, 2021, laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Marine Corps Sergeant Fred Farris is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, SGT Farris' name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Fred has finally been found.
SOURCE
http://www.ww2awards.com/person/42873
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FRED / FARRIS
SGT / US MARINE CORPS / WORLD WAR II
AUG 4 1924 / NOV 20 1943
SILVER STAR / BRONZE STAR / PURPLE HEART
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