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PFC Clarence
Bernard BELTER
COMPANY A
2nd AMPHIBIOUS TRACTOR BATTALION
2ND MARINE DIVISION
FMF
PFC BELTER
IS ONE OF THE MARINES KILLED DURING THE BATTLE OF TARAWA
HE WAS LISTED AS MISSING (MIA) WHEN HE COULD BE LOCATED AFTER THE BATTLE
AFTER A WAITING PERIOD HE WAS DECLARED DEAD (KIA)
HE IS LISTED AS KILLED
ON 20 NOV 1943
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE WAS KILLED WHILE A CREW MEMBER
OF AN LVT(2)
THAT STRUCK A JAPANESE BOAT MINE
AT THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF BETIO ISLAND, TARAWA ATOLL
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