On December 16, 2019, Marine Corps PFC John Richard Bayens, 20, killed in World War II, was finally laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
Born November 15, 1923, in Louisville, Kentucky, John Richard Bayens was the older of two children blessed to the union of Valentine Peter and Rosella Matilda (nee Black) Bayens.
"Jack" was always full of life and had a big contagious smile. He attended St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary School, Saint Xavier and Male High School where he was in the ROTC.
On August 27, 1941, Jack walked into a local Marine Corps recruiting office and enlisted. He was only 17 years old, but in his heart he felt the call to serve.
Private First Class Bayens was with his brothers in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (B-1/6) 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 22, 1943 (D+2 for the "Battle of Tarawa") when young Jack - just 20 years old - perished. He was reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island - a temporary location chosen by his fellow Marines, the survivors of the battle, until the Fallen could be recovered and returned to their families.
Having a loved one away from home during the holidays is always trying; however, having a son off fighting in the war left the whole family on edge. The fact that this battle took place just before Thanksgiving meant that most of the families, who had unknowingly earned their Gold Star, would receive their heart-wrenching telegrams on Christmas Eve – some Christmas Day or even New Years Day.
For his service and sacrifice, Val and Rose accepted their son's awards and decorations, including:
- Purple Heart
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
Also left to mourn his passing was his sister, Rosemary Margaret (Mrs James Francis Massey). Jack and his sister were inseparable. They both loved the water and spending carefree days on the Ohio River on their small sailboat.
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 their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (604th GRC) centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa to Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation; however, almost half of the known casualties were never found. No recovered remains could be associated with PFC Bayens, and in 1949, a Board of Review declared Jack “non-recoverable.”
Decades later, Mrs Jessica Whiteley started digging into what became of her family's hero. She ended up in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication between Jack's family, and offered his niece and great-niece the opportunity to provide the Family Reference DNA Samples, should they be necessary for Jack's identification.
On September 23, 2019, the DPAA identified the remains of PFC Bayens and his family soon received "The Call" from the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section with the good news. To identify his remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as material evidence.
Jack was finally returned to his family and, on December 16, 2019, laid to rest close to his parents in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (204949520).
He is joined in heaven with his loving parents, Val Bayens and Rose Black Bayens, his devoted sister, Rosemary Bayens Massey, his nephew, Robert V. Massey, great nieces, Mary Paige Poteet Garmon, and Sarah Poteet, great nephew, Jason Massey and great-great nephew, Will Poteet-Berndt.
Jack is survived by his nieces and nephews, Rosemary Massey Poteet, Jim Massey (Moondra), Jack Massey (Sue Ann), Bob's widow - Marilyn, Fran Massey Mitchum (Pat), Pat Massey (Deborah), Joe Massey (Brenda), and many great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends of Jack will gather to honor his return home and celebrate his life on Monday, December 16 from 10:00am - 12:00 noon at Owen Funeral Home - Jeffersontown, 9318 Taylorsville Road. At noon, Father Shayne Duvall will officiate a Mass in honor of Pfc. John Richard Bayens. Followed by graveside service with full Marine Corps honors at Evergreen Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given in Jack's memory to History Flight, Inc. www.historyflight.com/donate/
Marine Corps Private First Class John Richard Bayens is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, PFC Bayens's name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that Jack has finally been found.
SOURCE
The Courier-Journal (Dec. 2019)
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 19-193 (Nov. 20, 2019)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
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Nov. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Private First Class John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
In November 1943, Bayens was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th 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 (the Battle of Tarawa). 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. PFC Bayens was killed on the third day of the battle, Nov. 22, 1943. His remains were reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island. He will be buried Dec. 16, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Born November 15, 1923, in Louisville, Kentucky, John Richard Bayens was the older of two children blessed to the union of Valentine Peter and Rosella Matilda (nee Black) Bayens.
"Jack" was always full of life and had a big contagious smile. He attended St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary School, Saint Xavier and Male High School where he was in the ROTC.
On August 27, 1941, Jack walked into a local Marine Corps recruiting office and enlisted. He was only 17 years old, but in his heart he felt the call to serve.
Private First Class Bayens was with his brothers in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (B-1/6) 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 22, 1943 (D+2 for the "Battle of Tarawa") when young Jack - just 20 years old - perished. He was reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island - a temporary location chosen by his fellow Marines, the survivors of the battle, until the Fallen could be recovered and returned to their families.
Having a loved one away from home during the holidays is always trying; however, having a son off fighting in the war left the whole family on edge. The fact that this battle took place just before Thanksgiving meant that most of the families, who had unknowingly earned their Gold Star, would receive their heart-wrenching telegrams on Christmas Eve – some Christmas Day or even New Years Day.
For his service and sacrifice, Val and Rose accepted their son's awards and decorations, including:
- Purple Heart
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
Also left to mourn his passing was his sister, Rosemary Margaret (Mrs James Francis Massey). Jack and his sister were inseparable. They both loved the water and spending carefree days on the Ohio River on their small sailboat.
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 their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (604th GRC) centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa to Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation; however, almost half of the known casualties were never found. No recovered remains could be associated with PFC Bayens, and in 1949, a Board of Review declared Jack “non-recoverable.”
Decades later, Mrs Jessica Whiteley started digging into what became of her family's hero. She ended up in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication between Jack's family, and offered his niece and great-niece the opportunity to provide the Family Reference DNA Samples, should they be necessary for Jack's identification.
On September 23, 2019, the DPAA identified the remains of PFC Bayens and his family soon received "The Call" from the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section with the good news. To identify his remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as material evidence.
Jack was finally returned to his family and, on December 16, 2019, laid to rest close to his parents in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (204949520).
He is joined in heaven with his loving parents, Val Bayens and Rose Black Bayens, his devoted sister, Rosemary Bayens Massey, his nephew, Robert V. Massey, great nieces, Mary Paige Poteet Garmon, and Sarah Poteet, great nephew, Jason Massey and great-great nephew, Will Poteet-Berndt.
Jack is survived by his nieces and nephews, Rosemary Massey Poteet, Jim Massey (Moondra), Jack Massey (Sue Ann), Bob's widow - Marilyn, Fran Massey Mitchum (Pat), Pat Massey (Deborah), Joe Massey (Brenda), and many great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends of Jack will gather to honor his return home and celebrate his life on Monday, December 16 from 10:00am - 12:00 noon at Owen Funeral Home - Jeffersontown, 9318 Taylorsville Road. At noon, Father Shayne Duvall will officiate a Mass in honor of Pfc. John Richard Bayens. Followed by graveside service with full Marine Corps honors at Evergreen Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given in Jack's memory to History Flight, Inc. www.historyflight.com/donate/
Marine Corps Private First Class John Richard Bayens is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, PFC Bayens's name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that Jack has finally been found.
SOURCE
The Courier-Journal (Dec. 2019)
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 19-193 (Nov. 20, 2019)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
~
Nov. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Private First Class John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
In November 1943, Bayens was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th 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 (the Battle of Tarawa). 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. PFC Bayens was killed on the third day of the battle, Nov. 22, 1943. His remains were reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island. He will be buried Dec. 16, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
On December 16, 2019, Marine Corps PFC John Richard Bayens, 20, killed in World War II, was finally laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
Born November 15, 1923, in Louisville, Kentucky, John Richard Bayens was the older of two children blessed to the union of Valentine Peter and Rosella Matilda (nee Black) Bayens.
"Jack" was always full of life and had a big contagious smile. He attended St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary School, Saint Xavier and Male High School where he was in the ROTC.
On August 27, 1941, Jack walked into a local Marine Corps recruiting office and enlisted. He was only 17 years old, but in his heart he felt the call to serve.
Private First Class Bayens was with his brothers in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (B-1/6) 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 22, 1943 (D+2 for the "Battle of Tarawa") when young Jack - just 20 years old - perished. He was reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island - a temporary location chosen by his fellow Marines, the survivors of the battle, until the Fallen could be recovered and returned to their families.
Having a loved one away from home during the holidays is always trying; however, having a son off fighting in the war left the whole family on edge. The fact that this battle took place just before Thanksgiving meant that most of the families, who had unknowingly earned their Gold Star, would receive their heart-wrenching telegrams on Christmas Eve – some Christmas Day or even New Years Day.
For his service and sacrifice, Val and Rose accepted their son's awards and decorations, including:
- Purple Heart
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
Also left to mourn his passing was his sister, Rosemary Margaret (Mrs James Francis Massey). Jack and his sister were inseparable. They both loved the water and spending carefree days on the Ohio River on their small sailboat.
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 their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (604th GRC) centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa to Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation; however, almost half of the known casualties were never found. No recovered remains could be associated with PFC Bayens, and in 1949, a Board of Review declared Jack “non-recoverable.”
Decades later, Mrs Jessica Whiteley started digging into what became of her family's hero. She ended up in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication between Jack's family, and offered his niece and great-niece the opportunity to provide the Family Reference DNA Samples, should they be necessary for Jack's identification.
On September 23, 2019, the DPAA identified the remains of PFC Bayens and his family soon received "The Call" from the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section with the good news. To identify his remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as material evidence.
Jack was finally returned to his family and, on December 16, 2019, laid to rest close to his parents in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (204949520).
He is joined in heaven with his loving parents, Val Bayens and Rose Black Bayens, his devoted sister, Rosemary Bayens Massey, his nephew, Robert V. Massey, great nieces, Mary Paige Poteet Garmon, and Sarah Poteet, great nephew, Jason Massey and great-great nephew, Will Poteet-Berndt.
Jack is survived by his nieces and nephews, Rosemary Massey Poteet, Jim Massey (Moondra), Jack Massey (Sue Ann), Bob's widow - Marilyn, Fran Massey Mitchum (Pat), Pat Massey (Deborah), Joe Massey (Brenda), and many great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends of Jack will gather to honor his return home and celebrate his life on Monday, December 16 from 10:00am - 12:00 noon at Owen Funeral Home - Jeffersontown, 9318 Taylorsville Road. At noon, Father Shayne Duvall will officiate a Mass in honor of Pfc. John Richard Bayens. Followed by graveside service with full Marine Corps honors at Evergreen Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given in Jack's memory to History Flight, Inc. www.historyflight.com/donate/
Marine Corps Private First Class John Richard Bayens is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, PFC Bayens's name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that Jack has finally been found.
SOURCE
The Courier-Journal (Dec. 2019)
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 19-193 (Nov. 20, 2019)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
~
Nov. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Private First Class John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
In November 1943, Bayens was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th 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 (the Battle of Tarawa). 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. PFC Bayens was killed on the third day of the battle, Nov. 22, 1943. His remains were reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island. He will be buried Dec. 16, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Born November 15, 1923, in Louisville, Kentucky, John Richard Bayens was the older of two children blessed to the union of Valentine Peter and Rosella Matilda (nee Black) Bayens.
"Jack" was always full of life and had a big contagious smile. He attended St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary School, Saint Xavier and Male High School where he was in the ROTC.
On August 27, 1941, Jack walked into a local Marine Corps recruiting office and enlisted. He was only 17 years old, but in his heart he felt the call to serve.
Private First Class Bayens was with his brothers in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (B-1/6) 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 22, 1943 (D+2 for the "Battle of Tarawa") when young Jack - just 20 years old - perished. He was reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island - a temporary location chosen by his fellow Marines, the survivors of the battle, until the Fallen could be recovered and returned to their families.
Having a loved one away from home during the holidays is always trying; however, having a son off fighting in the war left the whole family on edge. The fact that this battle took place just before Thanksgiving meant that most of the families, who had unknowingly earned their Gold Star, would receive their heart-wrenching telegrams on Christmas Eve – some Christmas Day or even New Years Day.
For his service and sacrifice, Val and Rose accepted their son's awards and decorations, including:
- Purple Heart
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
Also left to mourn his passing was his sister, Rosemary Margaret (Mrs James Francis Massey). Jack and his sister were inseparable. They both loved the water and spending carefree days on the Ohio River on their small sailboat.
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 their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In 1946, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company (604th GRC) centralized all of the American remains found on Tarawa to Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation; however, almost half of the known casualties were never found. No recovered remains could be associated with PFC Bayens, and in 1949, a Board of Review declared Jack “non-recoverable.”
Decades later, Mrs Jessica Whiteley started digging into what became of her family's hero. She ended up in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication between Jack's family, and offered his niece and great-niece the opportunity to provide the Family Reference DNA Samples, should they be necessary for Jack's identification.
On September 23, 2019, the DPAA identified the remains of PFC Bayens and his family soon received "The Call" from the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section with the good news. To identify his remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and chest radiograph comparison analysis, as well as material evidence.
Jack was finally returned to his family and, on December 16, 2019, laid to rest close to his parents in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (204949520).
He is joined in heaven with his loving parents, Val Bayens and Rose Black Bayens, his devoted sister, Rosemary Bayens Massey, his nephew, Robert V. Massey, great nieces, Mary Paige Poteet Garmon, and Sarah Poteet, great nephew, Jason Massey and great-great nephew, Will Poteet-Berndt.
Jack is survived by his nieces and nephews, Rosemary Massey Poteet, Jim Massey (Moondra), Jack Massey (Sue Ann), Bob's widow - Marilyn, Fran Massey Mitchum (Pat), Pat Massey (Deborah), Joe Massey (Brenda), and many great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends of Jack will gather to honor his return home and celebrate his life on Monday, December 16 from 10:00am - 12:00 noon at Owen Funeral Home - Jeffersontown, 9318 Taylorsville Road. At noon, Father Shayne Duvall will officiate a Mass in honor of Pfc. John Richard Bayens. Followed by graveside service with full Marine Corps honors at Evergreen Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given in Jack's memory to History Flight, Inc. www.historyflight.com/donate/
Marine Corps Private First Class John Richard Bayens is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. Although he has now been recovered and identified, PFC Bayens's name shall remain permanently inscribed within Court 2 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette has been placed next to his name to verify that Jack has finally been found.
SOURCE
The Courier-Journal (Dec. 2019)
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
DPAA Release No: 19-193 (Nov. 20, 2019)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
~
Nov. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Private First Class John R. Bayens, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019.
In November 1943, Bayens was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th 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 (the Battle of Tarawa). 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. PFC Bayens was killed on the third day of the battle, Nov. 22, 1943. His remains were reportedly buried in Cemetery 33 on Betio Island. He will be buried Dec. 16, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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