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CORPORAL
HOWARD LEE BRYANT


COMPANY B - 2ND AMPHIBIAN TRACTOR BATTALION
2ND MARINE DIVISION
FMF

( AKA: 2ND AMTRAC BATTALION )

CPL BRYANT WAS ONE OF THE MARINES KILLED WHEN THE LVT-1 HE WAS DRIVING
STRUCK A JAPANESE LAND MINE IN THE WATER OFF THE SOUTHERN END OF
GREEN BEACH, BETIO ISLAND, TARAWA ATOLL ON THE EVENING OF 21 NOV 1943


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Howard Lee Bryant
United States Marine Corps
Corporal
Service # 349207

Entered the Service from: Indiana
Died: 21 November 1943
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii

Awards: Purple Heart




35th PLATOON, USMC

SAN DIEGO, CA

1942

This photograph was provided by a member of Cpl. Howard BRYANT's family. The image above is reduced to fit on this page.
The three names that are found at the bottom of the original are: Cpl. M. V. BATES, Sgt. A. O'DONOGUE,
and Cpl. L. W. SCHMIDT. They seem to be the names of the three men centered in the first row.



PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CPL. BRYANT
OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE A BETTER ELECTRONIC COPY OF THIS PHOTO

Jim Hildebrand
j i m @ t a r a w a 1 9 4 3 . c o m



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