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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William C. Patrick Bates

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Crane Hill, Alabama

Honored By

Wylmer Bates Family

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Activity During WWII

SERVED ON GUAM. AFTER THE HOSTILITIES HAD ENDED, ON DECEMBER 14, 1945 WHILE ON PATROL, HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A JAPANESE SNIPER WHO DID NOT KNOW THE WAR HAD ENDED. HE WAS THE LAST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN COMBAT IN THE WAR. BURIED IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC; PUNCHBOWL, IN HAWAII.