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Meyer, Quentin "Monk"

Date of birth:
November 10th, 1920
Date of death:
May 11th, 1945 (Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan)
Buried on:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Plot: D. Row: 0. Grave: 279.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
First Lieutenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
4th Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO), HQ, 1st Marine Division "The Old Breed", U.S. Marine Corps
For action performed in 1944 at the island Peleliu, Palau in the Pacific Ocean.

Citation unavailable.
Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Sources

  • - Sloan, B., The Ultimate Battle – Okinawa 1945, The Last Epic Struggle of World War II, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, U.S.A., 2007
    - American Battle Monuments Commission

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