Most of the soldiers on Iwo Jima were 17, 18, & 19 years old. Jessie was 19 ½ years old when he was killed in combat on Iwo Jima on February 27, 1945. Seven thousand boys (soldiers) died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps.
T/Sgt Woerner was in the 22nd Field Artillery serving in England. He was in an automobile wreck while on duty there and died of 3rd degree burns over 90% of his body. July 29, 1944 was his death date in Tidwell or Cambridge England.
1st Lt. Peterson was reported missing in the Philippine Islands May 7, 1942. He was part of the Quartermaster Corps. He was a Prisoner of War and presumed dead by March 1, 1946.
He died December 15, 1945 at New Foundland, Fort McAndrew from the result of gun shot wounds received in an accident.
Ensign Adams was assisting the landing of U.S. troops at the invasion of Italy on the Salerno Beach head when he was killed September 10, 1943 by a bomb blast from German Dive-Bomber. His unit was U.S. Navy Beach Battalion.
Lt. Bone was an instructor for the first jets used by the Air Force. On the final flight for his student, he was in the rear and the student had controls. The plane was flying straight when suddenly it went into a dive into the ground. His death was February 21, 1951 at San Antonio, [...]
Tech. 50th Grade Issaacson was part of Headquarters Company 3Id Battalion 409th Infantry Regiment. During the twilight hours of November 23, 1944 in the vicinity of Provencheres, France, their battalion was pinned down by intense enemy mortar barrage. He being a communications wireman was aware the the lines were out between Batt Command Post and [...]
Lt. Castleton was attached to the Meteorological Reconnaissance Squadron. The plane in which he flew was scheduled to depart from Sangley Point to Samar (Philippine Island) then return to Sangley Point. The plane was in radio contact with the control tower at time of take off that morning 5:08 a.m.. However, when Lt. Castleton checked [...]
He had been in New Guinea serving when being transferred to the Philippines his plane was shot down February 10, 1945. It was two or three days before U.S. troops were able to reach the scene in Luzon, Philippines. By then all of his personal belongings were stripped from him except his partially burned S.S. [...]
Voy was T/Sgt in the 180th PLT Co. “C” 565 SW B.N. serving in Noemfor Island, New Guinea. He was a radar tower operator. October 17, 1944, he was on duty in the radar tower with another solider, when an U.S. aircraft hit the tower. Both men were burned and died instantly. Voy was identified [...]