I saw this earlier on Military.com – Lost for Decades, a Marine World War II Hero Finally Comes Home: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/19/lost-decades-marine-world-war-ii-hero-finally-comes-home.html. Much longer article.
The Los Angeles Times | By Gustavo Arellano
LOS ANGELES — The word came in the morning, as Grace Cruz and her children gathered at the family home in Boyle Heights on Christmas Eve, 1943.
Her oldest son, Jacob, was dead.
A telegram from the United States Marines said the 18-year-old private was killed in action but divulged little else. The ongoing Pacific campaign meant Jacob would be buried in a temporary grave in the Tarawa Atoll, where he and more than 1,000 other Marines and sailors died fighting the Imperial Japanese Army.
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/19/lost-decades-marine-world-war-ii-hero-finally-comes-home.html
Original Find-A-Grave cenotaph: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56128018/jacob-cruz
New resting place: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209899068/jacob-cruz
Ups Downs Family History 
Salute
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