Hannon, Harold Patrick
Marines Private 1st class

Harold Patrick Hannon, age 28, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna county.

Parents: Albert Hannon

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: On September 21, 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Harold Patrick Hannon, missing from World War II. Private First Class Hannon, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps in Pennsylvania, served with Company E, 2nd Marine Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. He was killed in action on Betio Island on November 20, 1943, during the Battle of Tarawa. His remains were buried in one of the temporary cemeteries on Betio, but they were not recovered in post-war investigations on the island. In 2017, the non-profit organization History Flight recovered remains from a site associated with one of the temporary cemeteries on Betio. The remains were turned over to DPAA, and PFC Hannon was identified from among them.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency