World War II Honoree

Myron LaVern Fleckenstein

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

McCook, Nebraska

Honored By

Son

2ND BATTALION, 10TH MARINES, 2ND DIVISION. SERVED IN 75MM PACK HOWITZER UNIT. ATTENDED FIELD ARTILLERY SURVEY SCHOOL IN OCTOBER 1944. RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION 1944. EMBARKED ABOARD SS MATSONIA AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND DISEMBARKED IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND NOVEMBER 6, 1942. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY UNDER FIRE FROM JANUARY 4, 1943 TO FEBRUARY 19, 1943 AT GUADALCANAL. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY UNDER FIRE FROM NOVEMBER 20, 1943 TO DECEMBER 1, 1943 ON TARAWA, GILBERT ISLANDS. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY UNDER FIRE FROM JUNE 15, 1944 TO JULY 9, 1944 AT SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY UNDER FIRE FROM JULY 24, 1944 TO AUGUST 9, 1944 AT TINIAN, MARIANA ISLANDS. SERVED AS RECRUITING SERGEANT, CHEYENNE, WYOMING. SERVED AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. DISCHARGED MAY 28, 1946.