World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Alphonse Dumais
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Dover, New Hampshire
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Gunnery Sergeant. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Tank Crewman in the Tracked Landing Vehicle AKA: Alligator, LVT-1. Assigned to Charlie Company, Second Tank Battalion, an element of the Second Marine Division Location: Central Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault on the Island of Betio, Tarawa Atoll Gilbert Islands Code Name: Operation Galvanic. Saturday, November 20, 1943 he was reported missing in action, after a combat engagement with the Imperial Japanese forces. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.