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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Joseph Bean Palmer

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Timmonsville, South Carolina

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED THE SERVICE AS A PRIVATE IN THE MARINE CORPS. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 4TH MARINE DIVISION WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED ON AUGUST 14, 1943. THE DIVISION SHIPPED OUT IN JANUARY 1944, AND FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE ENEMY ON KWAJALEIN, WHERE THEY CAPTURED SEVERAL ISLETS ON JANUARY 31. THEY WENT FROM THERE TO ROI-NAMUR, AND THEN ON TO SAIPAN, WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION. HE WAS INITIALLY BURIED ON SAIPAN, BUT LATER RETURNED TO THE STATES AND BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.