World War II Honoree

Eldrige Leroy Waldron

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Port Angeles, Washington

Honored By

His Beloved Family

HE PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE U.S. NAVY YARD, PEARL HARBOR DURING THE DECEMBER 7, 1941 ATTACK, AS A CORPORAL. ALSO LANDED ON GUADALCANAL IN EARLY 1943, RELIEVING MARINES THAT LANDED THERE IN THE INITIAL AUGUST 1942 LANDING. AS A GUNNERY SERGEANT, HE LANDED IN THE FIRST WAVE OF THE BATTLE FOR TARAWA IN NOVEMBER 1943, SERVING AS AN 81MM MORTAR MAN WITH COMPANY M, 3RD BATTALION, 6TH MARINE REGIMENT, 2ND MARINE DIVISION. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A GUNNERY SERGEANT AT MARINE CORPS BASE, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA IN LATE 1945. PRIOR TO HIS DISCHARGE, HE SERVED WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 27TH MARINE REGIMENT, 5TH MARINE DIVISION.