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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

J. R. Strain

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Floydada, Texas

Honored By

Danny Jones

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served as a Gunnery Sergeant and as an Assistant Rifle Platoon Leader of Company I, Third Battalion, Twenty-first Marines, Third Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces at Guam, Mariana Islands in August 1944. Awarded the silver star for gallantry in action and the purple heart.