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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

George Emerson Conklin

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Hawley, Pennsylvania

Honored By

John Peterson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ALTHOUGH MORTALLY WOUNDED IN ACTION ON GUADALCANAL 5 OCTOBER, 1942, HE REMAINED AT HIS GUN UNTIL HE COULD NO LONGER MAN IT, THEN DISASSEMBLED IT AND SCATTERED ITS PARTS SO AS TO MAKE IT USELESS TO THE ENEMY BEFORE HE DIED. FOR THIS HEROIC DEVOTION TO DUTY, HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS. USS CONKLIN DE-439 WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR.