World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
David Warren Bateman
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Carbondale, Illinois
Honored By
Ronald Philip Lee Tanner
Relationship
Extended Family
ENLISTED IN CHICAGO AREA, JUNE 1943. BOOT CAMP IN SAN DIEGO. SERVED IN 3RD MARINE DIVISION. FOUGHT IN BATTLE OF BOUGAiNVILLE, THEN WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA ON MARCH 1, 1945. BURIED IN CARBONDALE AT OAKLAND CEMETERY.