ATTU’S KIA

There were two cemeteries located on Attu by the end of WWII. The KIA listing below shows those buried at each

location. Little Falls Cemetery was located near the foot of Gilbert Ridge, to the north and west of the old Navy

Base (Navy Town), while the Holtz Bay Cemetery was located near Holtz Bay, having the Northern Landing Forces

KIA buried there. In 1946, the American's remains were removed and buried either at Ft. Richardson near

Anchorage, AK; Sitka, AK; or in other locations as designated by their relatives. Since then, the ground on Attu

known as "Little Falls Cemetery" has been recaptured by the tundra...with no visible signs of it today. There's no

additional information regarding the cemetery at Holtz Bay. Many veterans to date were not aware the Holtz Bay

cemetery even existed.

Little Falls Cemetery

Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holtz Bay Cemetery

Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, AK

Floyd Stone of Leitchfield Kentucky provided a copy of the "Memorial Day Exercises" held on the 30th of May, 1946,

on the tiny, western-most Aleutian Island of Attu, Alaska, commemorating those killed in action during the battle

for Attu and who were buried in either Attu's Little Falls or Holtz Bay cemeteries. The Invocation was given by

Chaplain Meaney; the Memorial Day Address by Captain Adair, and the Decoration of Graves was by Chaplain Insko

and Chaplain Meaney. The service was followed by a Firing Squad Salute and the playing of Taps. The names of

those honored during this ceremony were made available In the November-December issue of Al King's "Periodic

Williwaw Letter." We thank Al for making this list available. (e-mail Al)

Rene Thibault [deceased] was a huge contributor to our web site, having served on Attu during WW-II. I thanked

Rene profusely for mailing me a copy of Al's Newsletter, which in part made this all happen!

Russ Marvin, an Aleutians traveler, provided information relating to the location of Little Falls Cemetery. Our

thanks to Russ.

I would also like to thank George Blood, a fellow Shemya-ite, for donating his time and skills to convert Al's printed

newsletter text into a format suitable for display on our web site. Some of the printed material was not legible,

which means more than likely there may be some mistakes made in the spelling of some names. If you know for

sure a name or location is spelled incorrectly, and you do have the correct spelling available, please contact

HLSWILLIWAW.COM and we will repair the error(s). Also, if you know of a person who should be included on this list

but isn't, let us know and we'll add it.

A listing of of Attu’s native residents who died and survived their ordeal of WWII has been added to the site. Please

visit HERE.