World War II Honoree

Bernard Luttrell Coffindaffer

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Camden-On-Gauley, West Virginia

Honored By

Sheila Trapp, John & Jennifer

Relationship

Daughter & Grandchildren

FALSIFIED HIS AGE AND ENLISTED IN MARINE CORPS AT 15. BASIC TRAINING AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. WAS PART OF THE OFFENSIVE AT IWO JIMA; JOB WAS TO MAN AN SR-300 RADIO TO KEEP 2 MARINE BATTALIONS IN COMMUNICATION. MANY OF HIS FELLOW CORPSMEN DIED DURING THIS BATTLE. SERVED 6 YEARS IN THE MARINES RECEIVING AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN FALL 1946.