Maurice Faulkner Killed in Action On Saipan Island
Word was received Saturday of the death of Maurice Loring Faulkner, son of Mrs. Myrtle Faulkner, deceased, and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. George Passmore, 1312 Douglas, with whom he lived most of his life.
Only 20 years old, he joined the Marines in 1943, saw action on Tarawa and on Saipan where he was killed. No date of his death was given.
He was born in Sheldahl, Ia., April 22, 1924. Following the death of his mother, he moved to Ames, and later went to Wichita, Kansas, for a few years, but returned to Ames. He joined the Marines while living here.
He had been cited for bravery while on Tarawa when he saved the life of a Marine comrade, Pfc. Ray Durham Moon. Moon was wounded in the face by an explosion of a mortar shell on the beach, and Faulkner gave assistance to his fallen comrade although still exposed to Jap snipers. He dressed the wounds of his buddy, and both kept on fighting the Nips until Moon was exhausted from his wounds and had to be returned to a hospital ship. Faulkner received the Purple Heart.
He was last heard from on May 15. Relatives left to mourn his death are Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Comstock and children, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Comstock and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Passmore and children, Arlene Passmore, and Mrs. Fred Young, all of Ames.
Source: Ames Daily Tribune (Iowa); Monday, August 7, 1944, pg. 1
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NARA War Department records list his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Wichita, Kansas. Re-interred on 12/17/1948.

Maurice Faulkner Killed in Action On Saipan Island
Word was received Saturday of the death of Maurice Loring Faulkner, son of Mrs. Myrtle Faulkner, deceased, and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. George Passmore, 1312 Douglas, with whom he lived most of his life.
Only 20 years old, he joined the Marines in 1943, saw action on Tarawa and on Saipan where he was killed. No date of his death was given.
He was born in Sheldahl, Ia., April 22, 1924. Following the death of his mother, he moved to Ames, and later went to Wichita, Kansas, for a few years, but returned to Ames. He joined the Marines while living here.
He had been cited for bravery while on Tarawa when he saved the life of a Marine comrade, Pfc. Ray Durham Moon. Moon was wounded in the face by an explosion of a mortar shell on the beach, and Faulkner gave assistance to his fallen comrade although still exposed to Jap snipers. He dressed the wounds of his buddy, and both kept on fighting the Nips until Moon was exhausted from his wounds and had to be returned to a hospital ship. Faulkner received the Purple Heart.
He was last heard from on May 15. Relatives left to mourn his death are Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Comstock and children, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Comstock and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Passmore and children, Arlene Passmore, and Mrs. Fred Young, all of Ames.
Source: Ames Daily Tribune (Iowa); Monday, August 7, 1944, pg. 1
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NARA War Department records list his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Wichita, Kansas. Re-interred on 12/17/1948.