Pl Sgt Leon Walter McStine in uniform in Brooklyn, New York
On September 17, 1942 part of a patrol on Guadalcanal that followed the Lunga River inland. Ambushed by the Japanese, McStine was hit by Japanese gunfire and killed. Afterwards, his remains were found and buried in a field burial with the rest of the patrol. Later, his field burial was lost and he remains listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Credit: McStine via Inger Jones (daughter) Date: March 1942
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