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SMN Clifford Geach Jr.

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SMN Clifford Geach Jr.

Birth
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Death
21 Jul 1945 (aged 22)
Burial
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Parents: Clifford Geach and Elizabeth Nichols Bennetts Geach Kennedy
----U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Clifford Geach Jr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Montana
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service branch: Navy
Rank: Seaman 1st Class
Service number: 8776970
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Six brothers to fulfill pledge of dead mother by meeting Honda Knot
---Butte, Oct 10, 1947 –
------------------Six brothers were anxious to fulfill a pledge to their dead mother Friday as they awaited arrival in San Francisco of the body of Clifford Geach, Jr., Butte seaman who died aboard ship July 21, 1945. The body was on the Honda Knot, which brought war dead home from the Pacific.

Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy expressed hope that her son might one day be brought home, before she died in 1946. So the surviving brothers
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Contributor's Note: For information on the arrival of the Honda Knot transport, bringing Clifford Geach back to U.S. soil, please see my virtual cemetery: Casualties brought back by the Honda Knot.
Parents: Clifford Geach and Elizabeth Nichols Bennetts Geach Kennedy
----U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Clifford Geach Jr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Montana
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service branch: Navy
Rank: Seaman 1st Class
Service number: 8776970
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Six brothers to fulfill pledge of dead mother by meeting Honda Knot
---Butte, Oct 10, 1947 –
------------------Six brothers were anxious to fulfill a pledge to their dead mother Friday as they awaited arrival in San Francisco of the body of Clifford Geach, Jr., Butte seaman who died aboard ship July 21, 1945. The body was on the Honda Knot, which brought war dead home from the Pacific.

Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy expressed hope that her son might one day be brought home, before she died in 1946. So the surviving brothers
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Contributor's Note: For information on the arrival of the Honda Knot transport, bringing Clifford Geach back to U.S. soil, please see my virtual cemetery: Casualties brought back by the Honda Knot.



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