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Pvt. Dale Robert Geddes

Pvt. Dale Robert Geddes

U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Dale Robert Geddes, 21 U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Dale Robert Geddes, 21, of Grand Island was killed in action Nov. 20, 1943, on the island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll during World War IIs Battle of Tarawa. He was buried on Betio and later classified as Missing in Action. The burial site was discovered in...

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