Name:
George Munroe Belknap
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
341179
Unit:
9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-03
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Gaines County Cemetery, Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA
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George Munroe Belknap was born on May 1, 1920, in Seymour, Baylor County, Texas. He was the son of George Washington Belknap and Sarah Rissa Gordy Belknap.
He graduated from Seagraves High School in 1940 and was a student of West Texas State when he volunteered in the US Marine Corps on 8 January 1942.
He served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as a Corporal during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 4, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.
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