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Don Harold Fry

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 483585
Born

August 25, 1926
in Flint, MI

Parents

Harold Josiah Fry
Annetta (Armstrong) Fry

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

September 6, 1943
at San Diego, CA

Joined First Battalion

April 10, 1944
from Transient Center, VAC

Left First Battalion

February 25, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

February 25, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

2210 E Street, San Diego, CA – home of parents, Harold & Annetta Fry

Campaigns
Saipan

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 11, 1944 – evacuated (sick)
Returned to duty July 19

Campaign Narrative

Tinian

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 27, 1944 – evacuated (sick)
Returned to duty August 3

Campaign Narrative

Iwo Jima

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 25, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel wounds, head)

Campaign Narrative

After leaving battalion

Outfit: enter here
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MOS: Code (Type)
Important Events:
in chronological order
Wounded/sick/killed
Promoted
Decorated
Buried

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Iwo Jima

Citation

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Don is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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