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Tarawa Marine identified, buried with full honors

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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

U.S. Marines carried the casket of Pvt. John M. Tillman during a burial ceremony on Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.

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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

U.S.M.C. Col. Raul Lianez, commanding officer of Kaneohe MCAS, presents a folded American flag to John Benevides, nephew of Pvt. John M. Tillman, during a burial ceremony on Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.