The family of Marine Pvt. Harry K. Tye, 21, of Orinoco,

The family of Marine Pvt. Harry K. Tye, 21, of Orinoco, Kentucky, attend Tye's funeral, March 28, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. In November 1943, Tye was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, but the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Tye died sometime on the first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943. Tye was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Armed Forces Medical Examiner System through DNA analysis, as well as dental and anthropological analysis, and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. (Photos by Sgt. 1st Class Kristen Duus, DPAA)