Mills, missing from World War II. 1st Lt.
Marine Corps from Texas, was a member of the Marine Corps 2nd Division.
He was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa on November 20, 1943, and his remains were buried on Betio Island but could not be identified among those disinterred from the island after the war.
In 2014, History Flight, Inc., a nonprofit organization, identified a site correlated with the Central Division Cemetery.
Excavations of the site uncovered multiple sets of remains, which were turned over to DPAA in 2015, where they were subsequently accessioned to the DPAA laboratory.
Using advanced forensic identification techniques, U.S. analysts identified 1st Lt.
Mills from among these remains. 1st Lt.
Mills will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Findagrave Memorial Accounted For: Justin G.
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