WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. George C. Browning, killed during World War II, was accounted for Apr. 15, 2024.
In February 1945, Browning was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division. He was reported Missing in Action Feb. 20 while serving as a field radio operator during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Marines established a Command Post near Beach Yellow and Pvt. Browning was traversing extremely dangerous paths full of Japanese defense forces. In one instance of enemy mortar and artillery bombardment, Browning failed to return to his post and his body was not recovered. The Secretary of the Navy issued a presumptive finding of death for Browning on Feb. 21, 1946.
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