Marine Corps PFC Glenn Franklin White, killed in World War II, was finally returned to his family and, in September 2021, laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
Born July 27, 1924, in Emporia, Kansas, Glenn was the youngest of three children blessed to the union of Jesse Francis "Frank" and Eva Belle (nee Rector) White.
On February 10, 1942, the 66-1/2", 147 lbs, blue-eyed brunette walked into a Kansas City Marine Corps recruiting station and enlisted.
Private First Class White was with his brothers in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (A-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 Glenn - just 19 years old - perished. He was reportedly soon buried in Cemetery #33, Main Marine Cemetery, 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 or husband 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 Glenn's loved ones, the front page of The Emporia Gazette shared the tragic news with the world on Christmas Eve:
TWO EMPORIA MARINES REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION
Two Emporia United States Marines have been killed in action in the South Pacific area, according to telegrams received Thursday by the mothers of the men. The Marines were Pfc. Glenn Franklin White, son of Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural and Pfc. Floyd E. Campbell, son of Mrs. Veda Campbell, 718 Cottonwood. Details of the Emporians' deaths were not given in the brief telegrams.
Floyd Campbell, who attended the Emporia Senior High school, enlisted in the Marines in December 1941. Before entering the service he was employed at the Patterson-DeBauge Produce company.
He is survived by his mother; two brothers, Pfc. Charles Raymond Campbell, of the Marines, stationed in Hawaii, and Glenn Campbell, of Kansas City, and five sisters, Thelma and Marie Campbell, of the home; Miss Betty Campbell, of Salina; Miss Gladys Campbell of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Gene V. Lloyd, who lives in Louisiana.
The last letter received here concerning Private Campbell, relatives report, was from one of his pals, wounded in action and returned to the United States. He wrote that Private Campbell had been sent to the Gilbert Islands.
Pfc. GLENN FRANKLIN WHITE was born July 27, 1924, in Emporia. He attended the Emporia schools and quit school to join the United States Marine corps February 10, 1942.
He is survived by his mother, and stepfather, Sam Hildebrand, and a cousin, Donald LeRoy Stair, all of the home; one brother, Lewis E. White, 125 Sylvan; one sister, Delia Pearl (Mrs. Fred C. Krueger), route 1 Emporia; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. White, 712 East. Private White's father died February 4, 1926.
For his service and sacrifice, Glenn's mother accepted his awards and decorations, including:
- Silver Star
- Purple Heart
- Combat Action Ribbon
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
SILVER STAR CITATION
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Glenn Franklin White (MCSN: 371100), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as automatic rifleman serving with the First Battalion, Sixth Marines, SECOND Marine Division in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on the night of November 22, 1943. While acting as part of the screening force covering the organization of the battalion's main line of resistance, Private First Class White with other members of his quad became isolated forward of the lines. Mortally wounded during the engagement and suffering intensely he steadfastly continued to man his weapon until he succumbed to his injuries. Private First Class White's extreme courage and unswerving devotion to duty contributed to the defeat of the enemy in this sector and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
THE EMPORIA GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944, PAGE SIX
Pfc. Glenn F. White, U.S. Marine Corps, has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star, with citation by the President of the United States "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 22, 1943." The award was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural.
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 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. In 1946 and 1947, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio, but PFC White's remains were not recovered. On October 31, 1949, a military review board declared Glenn "non-recoverable".
His family had this memorial marker placed – with his father - in the Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, in Emporia, Kansas, in hopes that one day Glenn would be found and returned home. His mother would later be laid to rest next to this marker - its empty ground still offering no peace.
Marine Corps PFC White was unaccounted-for on June 7, 2021.
Glenn was finally returned to his family, in September 2021, and laid to rest next to his parents with full military honors (129159129).
Marine Corps Private First Class Glenn Franklin White is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Glenn has finally been found.
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Personnel Profile
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Emportia Gazette (Emporia KS) - 12/24/1943 & 7/13/1944 (Eric Ackerman)
Born July 27, 1924, in Emporia, Kansas, Glenn was the youngest of three children blessed to the union of Jesse Francis "Frank" and Eva Belle (nee Rector) White.
On February 10, 1942, the 66-1/2", 147 lbs, blue-eyed brunette walked into a Kansas City Marine Corps recruiting station and enlisted.
Private First Class White was with his brothers in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (A-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 Glenn - just 19 years old - perished. He was reportedly soon buried in Cemetery #33, Main Marine Cemetery, 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 or husband 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 Glenn's loved ones, the front page of The Emporia Gazette shared the tragic news with the world on Christmas Eve:
TWO EMPORIA MARINES REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION
Two Emporia United States Marines have been killed in action in the South Pacific area, according to telegrams received Thursday by the mothers of the men. The Marines were Pfc. Glenn Franklin White, son of Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural and Pfc. Floyd E. Campbell, son of Mrs. Veda Campbell, 718 Cottonwood. Details of the Emporians' deaths were not given in the brief telegrams.
Floyd Campbell, who attended the Emporia Senior High school, enlisted in the Marines in December 1941. Before entering the service he was employed at the Patterson-DeBauge Produce company.
He is survived by his mother; two brothers, Pfc. Charles Raymond Campbell, of the Marines, stationed in Hawaii, and Glenn Campbell, of Kansas City, and five sisters, Thelma and Marie Campbell, of the home; Miss Betty Campbell, of Salina; Miss Gladys Campbell of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Gene V. Lloyd, who lives in Louisiana.
The last letter received here concerning Private Campbell, relatives report, was from one of his pals, wounded in action and returned to the United States. He wrote that Private Campbell had been sent to the Gilbert Islands.
Pfc. GLENN FRANKLIN WHITE was born July 27, 1924, in Emporia. He attended the Emporia schools and quit school to join the United States Marine corps February 10, 1942.
He is survived by his mother, and stepfather, Sam Hildebrand, and a cousin, Donald LeRoy Stair, all of the home; one brother, Lewis E. White, 125 Sylvan; one sister, Delia Pearl (Mrs. Fred C. Krueger), route 1 Emporia; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. White, 712 East. Private White's father died February 4, 1926.
For his service and sacrifice, Glenn's mother accepted his awards and decorations, including:
- Silver Star
- Purple Heart
- Combat Action Ribbon
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
SILVER STAR CITATION
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Glenn Franklin White (MCSN: 371100), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as automatic rifleman serving with the First Battalion, Sixth Marines, SECOND Marine Division in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on the night of November 22, 1943. While acting as part of the screening force covering the organization of the battalion's main line of resistance, Private First Class White with other members of his quad became isolated forward of the lines. Mortally wounded during the engagement and suffering intensely he steadfastly continued to man his weapon until he succumbed to his injuries. Private First Class White's extreme courage and unswerving devotion to duty contributed to the defeat of the enemy in this sector and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
THE EMPORIA GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944, PAGE SIX
Pfc. Glenn F. White, U.S. Marine Corps, has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star, with citation by the President of the United States "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 22, 1943." The award was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural.
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 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. In 1946 and 1947, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio, but PFC White's remains were not recovered. On October 31, 1949, a military review board declared Glenn "non-recoverable".
His family had this memorial marker placed – with his father - in the Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, in Emporia, Kansas, in hopes that one day Glenn would be found and returned home. His mother would later be laid to rest next to this marker - its empty ground still offering no peace.
Marine Corps PFC White was unaccounted-for on June 7, 2021.
Glenn was finally returned to his family, in September 2021, and laid to rest next to his parents with full military honors (129159129).
Marine Corps Private First Class Glenn Franklin White is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Glenn has finally been found.
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Personnel Profile
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Emportia Gazette (Emporia KS) - 12/24/1943 & 7/13/1944 (Eric Ackerman)
Marine Corps PFC Glenn Franklin White, killed in World War II, was finally returned to his family and, in September 2021, laid to rest - in American soil - with full military honors.
Born July 27, 1924, in Emporia, Kansas, Glenn was the youngest of three children blessed to the union of Jesse Francis "Frank" and Eva Belle (nee Rector) White.
On February 10, 1942, the 66-1/2", 147 lbs, blue-eyed brunette walked into a Kansas City Marine Corps recruiting station and enlisted.
Private First Class White was with his brothers in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (A-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 Glenn - just 19 years old - perished. He was reportedly soon buried in Cemetery #33, Main Marine Cemetery, 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 or husband 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 Glenn's loved ones, the front page of The Emporia Gazette shared the tragic news with the world on Christmas Eve:
TWO EMPORIA MARINES REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION
Two Emporia United States Marines have been killed in action in the South Pacific area, according to telegrams received Thursday by the mothers of the men. The Marines were Pfc. Glenn Franklin White, son of Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural and Pfc. Floyd E. Campbell, son of Mrs. Veda Campbell, 718 Cottonwood. Details of the Emporians' deaths were not given in the brief telegrams.
Floyd Campbell, who attended the Emporia Senior High school, enlisted in the Marines in December 1941. Before entering the service he was employed at the Patterson-DeBauge Produce company.
He is survived by his mother; two brothers, Pfc. Charles Raymond Campbell, of the Marines, stationed in Hawaii, and Glenn Campbell, of Kansas City, and five sisters, Thelma and Marie Campbell, of the home; Miss Betty Campbell, of Salina; Miss Gladys Campbell of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Gene V. Lloyd, who lives in Louisiana.
The last letter received here concerning Private Campbell, relatives report, was from one of his pals, wounded in action and returned to the United States. He wrote that Private Campbell had been sent to the Gilbert Islands.
Pfc. GLENN FRANKLIN WHITE was born July 27, 1924, in Emporia. He attended the Emporia schools and quit school to join the United States Marine corps February 10, 1942.
He is survived by his mother, and stepfather, Sam Hildebrand, and a cousin, Donald LeRoy Stair, all of the home; one brother, Lewis E. White, 125 Sylvan; one sister, Delia Pearl (Mrs. Fred C. Krueger), route 1 Emporia; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. White, 712 East. Private White's father died February 4, 1926.
For his service and sacrifice, Glenn's mother accepted his awards and decorations, including:
- Silver Star
- Purple Heart
- Combat Action Ribbon
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
SILVER STAR CITATION
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Glenn Franklin White (MCSN: 371100), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as automatic rifleman serving with the First Battalion, Sixth Marines, SECOND Marine Division in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on the night of November 22, 1943. While acting as part of the screening force covering the organization of the battalion's main line of resistance, Private First Class White with other members of his quad became isolated forward of the lines. Mortally wounded during the engagement and suffering intensely he steadfastly continued to man his weapon until he succumbed to his injuries. Private First Class White's extreme courage and unswerving devotion to duty contributed to the defeat of the enemy in this sector and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
THE EMPORIA GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944, PAGE SIX
Pfc. Glenn F. White, U.S. Marine Corps, has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star, with citation by the President of the United States "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 22, 1943." The award was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural.
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 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. In 1946 and 1947, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio, but PFC White's remains were not recovered. On October 31, 1949, a military review board declared Glenn "non-recoverable".
His family had this memorial marker placed – with his father - in the Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, in Emporia, Kansas, in hopes that one day Glenn would be found and returned home. His mother would later be laid to rest next to this marker - its empty ground still offering no peace.
Marine Corps PFC White was unaccounted-for on June 7, 2021.
Glenn was finally returned to his family, in September 2021, and laid to rest next to his parents with full military honors (129159129).
Marine Corps Private First Class Glenn Franklin White is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Glenn has finally been found.
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Personnel Profile
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Emportia Gazette (Emporia KS) - 12/24/1943 & 7/13/1944 (Eric Ackerman)
Born July 27, 1924, in Emporia, Kansas, Glenn was the youngest of three children blessed to the union of Jesse Francis "Frank" and Eva Belle (nee Rector) White.
On February 10, 1942, the 66-1/2", 147 lbs, blue-eyed brunette walked into a Kansas City Marine Corps recruiting station and enlisted.
Private First Class White was with his brothers in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion of the 6th Marines (A-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 Glenn - just 19 years old - perished. He was reportedly soon buried in Cemetery #33, Main Marine Cemetery, 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 or husband 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 Glenn's loved ones, the front page of The Emporia Gazette shared the tragic news with the world on Christmas Eve:
TWO EMPORIA MARINES REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION
Two Emporia United States Marines have been killed in action in the South Pacific area, according to telegrams received Thursday by the mothers of the men. The Marines were Pfc. Glenn Franklin White, son of Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural and Pfc. Floyd E. Campbell, son of Mrs. Veda Campbell, 718 Cottonwood. Details of the Emporians' deaths were not given in the brief telegrams.
Floyd Campbell, who attended the Emporia Senior High school, enlisted in the Marines in December 1941. Before entering the service he was employed at the Patterson-DeBauge Produce company.
He is survived by his mother; two brothers, Pfc. Charles Raymond Campbell, of the Marines, stationed in Hawaii, and Glenn Campbell, of Kansas City, and five sisters, Thelma and Marie Campbell, of the home; Miss Betty Campbell, of Salina; Miss Gladys Campbell of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Gene V. Lloyd, who lives in Louisiana.
The last letter received here concerning Private Campbell, relatives report, was from one of his pals, wounded in action and returned to the United States. He wrote that Private Campbell had been sent to the Gilbert Islands.
Pfc. GLENN FRANKLIN WHITE was born July 27, 1924, in Emporia. He attended the Emporia schools and quit school to join the United States Marine corps February 10, 1942.
He is survived by his mother, and stepfather, Sam Hildebrand, and a cousin, Donald LeRoy Stair, all of the home; one brother, Lewis E. White, 125 Sylvan; one sister, Delia Pearl (Mrs. Fred C. Krueger), route 1 Emporia; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. White, 712 East. Private White's father died February 4, 1926.
For his service and sacrifice, Glenn's mother accepted his awards and decorations, including:
- Silver Star
- Purple Heart
- Combat Action Ribbon
- World War II Victory Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal
- Marine Corp Expeditionary Medal, and
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
SILVER STAR CITATION
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Glenn Franklin White (MCSN: 371100), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as automatic rifleman serving with the First Battalion, Sixth Marines, SECOND Marine Division in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands on the night of November 22, 1943. While acting as part of the screening force covering the organization of the battalion's main line of resistance, Private First Class White with other members of his quad became isolated forward of the lines. Mortally wounded during the engagement and suffering intensely he steadfastly continued to man his weapon until he succumbed to his injuries. Private First Class White's extreme courage and unswerving devotion to duty contributed to the defeat of the enemy in this sector and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
THE EMPORIA GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944, PAGE SIX
Pfc. Glenn F. White, U.S. Marine Corps, has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star, with citation by the President of the United States "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in combat against enemy Japanese forces on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 22, 1943." The award was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Sam Hildebrand, 101 South Rural.
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 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. In 1946 and 1947, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio, but PFC White's remains were not recovered. On October 31, 1949, a military review board declared Glenn "non-recoverable".
His family had this memorial marker placed – with his father - in the Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, in Emporia, Kansas, in hopes that one day Glenn would be found and returned home. His mother would later be laid to rest next to this marker - its empty ground still offering no peace.
Marine Corps PFC White was unaccounted-for on June 7, 2021.
Glenn was finally returned to his family, in September 2021, and laid to rest next to his parents with full military honors (129159129).
Marine Corps Private First Class Glenn Franklin White is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 4 of the "Courts of the Missing". A rosette shall be placed next to his name signifying that Glenn has finally been found.
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Personnel Profile
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Emportia Gazette (Emporia KS) - 12/24/1943 & 7/13/1944 (Eric Ackerman)
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WHITE GLENN FRANKLIN
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS - USMC - MISSOURI
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