Rank and Name, Corporal Albert Lee Rasmussen.
Unit/Placed in, , 1st Battalion (A-Comp) 18th Marines, Marine Corps.
Albert is born approx. on 16 Aug. 1917 in Ash Valley, Kansas.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Albert enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 346896.
Albert was KIA in the fights over Tarawa with the Japanese on Nov. 20, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Albert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
