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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 62716" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Folsom</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Gordon</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>formerly 1st Marine Parachute Regiment</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Corporal</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>314011</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26th February 1945</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kahbakong Cemetery, Taylor Falls, Minnesota, USA. Section B, Block 509, Lot 5</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Taylor Falls, Minnesota</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 17.05.1921 Denver, Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Stanley Bassett Folsom (1890-1988)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Geneva Emily (nee Smith) Folsom (1892-1958)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1929 moved to Taylor Falls, Minnesota</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Washburn High School, Minneapolis</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Iwo Jima, Japan</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>posthumous Navy Cross</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-folsom.38534/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38534-657593abf13f6d1d0a0b889f9106722e.jpg?1688391561" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-folsom-grave.38533/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38533-fb60ca79f3c07db2d669c83bf626f8a4.jpg?1688391559" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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