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Five Marines Named After Guadalcanal Battle Remains Found
Remains of five Marines killed on October 9 1942 during a six day sweep from the Matanikal River to Point Cruz on Guadalcanal were recovered in 1970. Identification came after a Guadalcanal forestry official’s wife found G E Hunter’s tag and a Smithsonian examination matched the skeletons to Pfc David W Johns Pfc Eugene Johnston Cpl John F Suggs Pvt Paul E B Gagnon and Pfc Godfrey E Hunter Jr.
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Pacific Island
David W. Johns
Johnstown
Eugene Johnston
Littleton
N.C
John F. Suggs
Richlands
Paul EB
Gagnon
Augusta
Maine
Godfrey E. Hunter Jr
Winston-Salem
7Th Marines
1St Marine Division
Matanikal
Point Cruz
Guadalcanal
Marine Corps
Johnson
Y. Timothy Kwaimani
G.E. Hunter
3.S.M.C