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Two American Servicemen - Buna
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| Profile |
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| Service
| US Army |
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| Unit
| 126 Infantry Regiment |
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| Location
| Papua New Guinea |
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| Year Recovered
| 1995 |
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| Further Details |
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PFC Olguin and Pvt North were assigned to I Company, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, when they engaged Japanese forces near Buna, Papua New Guinea. Both soldiers were killed while attempting to establish a roadblock on or around December 2, 1942.
In September 1995, a team from JPAC recovered human remains from two separate burial sites after following a trail of information gathered from locals. Both servicemen were identified on October 26, 2004. |
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| Personnel |
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PFC Francisco A Olguin, Jr, US Army 38070764
Pvt Clifford North |
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