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    WWII Marine buried after being identified nearly 70 years later [Image 1 of 4]

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    WWII Marine buried after being identified nearly 70 years later

    ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    04.13.2021

    Photo by Ashley Wright 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) escort the remains of Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Raymond Warren, 21, of Silverdale, Kansas, to the burial site in Arlington National Cemetery, April 13, 2021. In November 1943, Warren was killed when his unit 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 as part of the U.S. Pacific campaign in World War II. Warren was reported to have been buried in the Division Cemetery, which was eventually renamed to Cemetery #27. In 2015, History Flight, Inc., a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency partner organization, notified DPAA that they discovered a burial site on Betio Island and recovered the remains of what they believed to be missing American service members who had been buried in Cemetery #27. The remains were accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification. (DPAA Photo by Ashley M. Wright)

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    Date Taken: 04.13.2021
    Date Posted: 04.14.2021 13:46
    Photo ID: 6598186
    VIRIN: 210413-D-WJ103-001
    Resolution: 4608x3456
    Size: 3.94 MB
    Location: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, US

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