PVT Lavern J. Beachnau KIA
Unit Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Home: Lansing, Michigan.
Service ID: 832645.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion was again reactivated. The fighting in World War II found the Marines of 3/5 at Guadalcanal, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. At Peleliu.
After the fierce battles at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific Area, the 1st Marine Division underwent rehabilitation in Australia, which lay within General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area. Once the division had recovered from the ordeal of the Solomon Islands fighting, it gave MacArthur a trained amphibious unit that he desperately needed to fulfill his ambitions for the capture of Rabaul.
On New Years' Day 1944, BGen Lemuel C. Shepherd, the Assistant Commander of 1st Marine Division, launched a drive south toward Borgen Bay. One of the most difficult battles of the entire New Britain campaign PVT Beachnau lost his life in combat with the Japanese during this operation.
Unit Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Home: Lansing, Michigan.
Service ID: 832645.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion was again reactivated. The fighting in World War II found the Marines of 3/5 at Guadalcanal, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. At Peleliu.
After the fierce battles at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific Area, the 1st Marine Division underwent rehabilitation in Australia, which lay within General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area. Once the division had recovered from the ordeal of the Solomon Islands fighting, it gave MacArthur a trained amphibious unit that he desperately needed to fulfill his ambitions for the capture of Rabaul.
On New Years' Day 1944, BGen Lemuel C. Shepherd, the Assistant Commander of 1st Marine Division, launched a drive south toward Borgen Bay. One of the most difficult battles of the entire New Britain campaign PVT Beachnau lost his life in combat with the Japanese during this operation.
PVT Lavern J. Beachnau KIA
Unit Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Home: Lansing, Michigan.
Service ID: 832645.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion was again reactivated. The fighting in World War II found the Marines of 3/5 at Guadalcanal, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. At Peleliu.
After the fierce battles at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific Area, the 1st Marine Division underwent rehabilitation in Australia, which lay within General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area. Once the division had recovered from the ordeal of the Solomon Islands fighting, it gave MacArthur a trained amphibious unit that he desperately needed to fulfill his ambitions for the capture of Rabaul.
On New Years' Day 1944, BGen Lemuel C. Shepherd, the Assistant Commander of 1st Marine Division, launched a drive south toward Borgen Bay. One of the most difficult battles of the entire New Britain campaign PVT Beachnau lost his life in combat with the Japanese during this operation.
Unit Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Home: Lansing, Michigan.
Service ID: 832645.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion was again reactivated. The fighting in World War II found the Marines of 3/5 at Guadalcanal, New Britain, Peleliu, and Okinawa. At Peleliu.
After the fierce battles at Guadalcanal in the South Pacific Area, the 1st Marine Division underwent rehabilitation in Australia, which lay within General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area. Once the division had recovered from the ordeal of the Solomon Islands fighting, it gave MacArthur a trained amphibious unit that he desperately needed to fulfill his ambitions for the capture of Rabaul.
On New Years' Day 1944, BGen Lemuel C. Shepherd, the Assistant Commander of 1st Marine Division, launched a drive south toward Borgen Bay. One of the most difficult battles of the entire New Britain campaign PVT Beachnau lost his life in combat with the Japanese during this operation.
Inscription
PVT, 5 MARINE REGT, 1 MARINE DIV WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Gravesite is on the island between Secs B/H.
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