Thursday evening, sometime between 5:30 and 6:00 pm, there will be an escort coming through Greenfield for a WWII soldier whose remains have been identified and are being returned home to Richmond.
The times are estimated and based on traffic from the Indianapolis International Airport. The escort will come from Mount Comfort Road along US 40 through Greenfield.
In November 1943, PFC Louis (Junior) Wiesehan USMC was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on a small island of the Gilbert Islands. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated.
Wiesehan was killed on the second day of the battle, Nov. 21, 1943. His remains were reportedly buried on the island, but have not been located / identified until now with PFC Wiesehan returning home after 77 years.
