Roll of Honor

Midshipmen entering the gates of Columbia University, circa 1943.


Herbert Neville Des Marets, Jr.

  • School: Columbia College
  • Class Year: 1930
  • War: World War II
  • Date of Death: July 29, 1944

Second Lieutenant Hervert Neville Des Marets, Jr., Army of the United States, was killed in action in France July 29, 1944. He had landed in Normandy with the First Division.

Navy review on campus, 1944-1945 Navy review on campus, 1944-1945

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