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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Philip R. Aikins

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

West Liberty, Iowa

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. HE WAS A UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PILOT, WHO FLEW THE F4U-1 CORSAIR FIGHTER-BOMBER ASSIGNED TO SQUADRON, TWO THIRTY-THREE ‘VMF-233’, MARINE AIR GROUP-FOURTEEN, FOURTH MARINE BASE DEFENSE AIR WING. HIS SQUADRON WAS BASED AT THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION EWA, HAWAII. ON SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1943, HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS FIGHTER CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN PEAK ABOUT EIGHT MILES NORTHEAST OF EWA, HAWAII. HE WAS BURIED IN THE HALAWA NAVAL CEMETERY LOCATED ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT NOVEMBER 3, 1947 IN THE OAKRIDGE CEMETERY, WEST LIBERTY, IOWA.