Missing Medal of Honor Recipient Identified: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
the identification of remains belonging to Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alexander
“Sandy” Bonnyman, 33, of Knoxville, Tenn., who would be posthumously awarded
the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions fighting on the Tarawa Atoll in the
Gilbert Islands, Nov. 11, 1943. He was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion,
18th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. His remains, and that of possibly
three dozen other Americans, were recovered by History Flight, a Florida-based
nonprofit organization that is assisting U.S. government MIA search and
recovery efforts through an expanded public-private partnership opportunity.
The lieutenant will be buried with full military honors on a date and location
yet to be determined.
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