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PFC John Lloyd Manson

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PFC John Lloyd Manson

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
16 Jun 1944 (aged 21)
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Burial
Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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PFC John Manson joined Able Company, 24th Marines, in 1943, and fought at the battle of Namur.

He would get scant chance to fight again. Manson was killed on the second day of the battle of Saipan as he went to the aid of a machine gun crew that had been incapacitated to a man. Shrapnel from a Japanese shell hit him in the head and side, killing him instantly.
PFC John Manson joined Able Company, 24th Marines, in 1943, and fought at the battle of Namur.

He would get scant chance to fight again. Manson was killed on the second day of the battle of Saipan as he went to the aid of a machine gun crew that had been incapacitated to a man. Shrapnel from a Japanese shell hit him in the head and side, killing him instantly.

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