Thank you to Contributors for additional information. Thank you to Contributor for taking the headstone photograph.
This memorial is a cenotaph as Corporal Katchak was buried on Wake Island. He was the first Marine of First Marine of First Marine Defense Battalion killed in the Battle of Wake Island. Originally buried on Wake Island; he was disinterred and reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl Cemetery).
Corp. John Katchak
He is linked to his parents at the above memorial. You can also find them at Michael Katchak, Eva Katchak, and a brother, George Katchak
A second cenotaph for him can be found on the Veterans Memorial Wall in Coaldale, Pennsylvania.
Their suggestion:
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Pls add:
His parents were Michael & Eva Katchak.
Thanks, Jim
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This memorial is a cenotaph as Corporal Katchak was buried on Wake Island. He was the first Marine of First Marine of First Marine Defense Battalion killed in the Battle of Wake Island. Originally buried on Wake Island; he was disinterred and reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl Cemetery).
Corp. John Katchak
He is linked to his parents at the above memorial. You can also find them at Michael Katchak, Eva Katchak, and a brother, George Katchak
A second cenotaph for him can be found on the Veterans Memorial Wall in Coaldale, Pennsylvania.
Their suggestion:
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Pls add:
His parents were Michael & Eva Katchak.
Thanks, Jim
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Thank you to Contributors for additional information. Thank you to Contributor for taking the headstone photograph.
This memorial is a cenotaph as Corporal Katchak was buried on Wake Island. He was the first Marine of First Marine of First Marine Defense Battalion killed in the Battle of Wake Island. Originally buried on Wake Island; he was disinterred and reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl Cemetery).
Corp. John Katchak
He is linked to his parents at the above memorial. You can also find them at Michael Katchak, Eva Katchak, and a brother, George Katchak
A second cenotaph for him can be found on the Veterans Memorial Wall in Coaldale, Pennsylvania.
Their suggestion:
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Pls add:
His parents were Michael & Eva Katchak.
Thanks, Jim
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This memorial is a cenotaph as Corporal Katchak was buried on Wake Island. He was the first Marine of First Marine of First Marine Defense Battalion killed in the Battle of Wake Island. Originally buried on Wake Island; he was disinterred and reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka Punchbowl Cemetery).
Corp. John Katchak
He is linked to his parents at the above memorial. You can also find them at Michael Katchak, Eva Katchak, and a brother, George Katchak
A second cenotaph for him can be found on the Veterans Memorial Wall in Coaldale, Pennsylvania.
Their suggestion:
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Pls add:
His parents were Michael & Eva Katchak.
Thanks, Jim
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Inscription
U. S. Marine
Buried on Wake Island
Pro Patria
Gravesite Details
Flat bronze headstone with Russian Orthodox Cross.
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