World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Meredith Winter
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Dysart, Iowa
Honored By
Hubert O. Caloud
ACTIVE DUTY IN FEBRUARY 1943. RECRUIT TRAINING IN 8TH BATTALION AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND AN OFFICER TRAINING CLASS AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. HE STAYED AN ENLISTED MARINE AND SERVED IN A GUARD COMPANY AT MARINE CORPS BASE, SAN DIEGO BEFORE ASSIGNMENT TO 3RD REPLACEMENT BATTALION, CAMP ELLIOT, CALIFORNIA. LEFT FOR OVERSEAS ON THE SS SANTA MONICA JULY 1944 FROM SAN DIEGO TO HAWAII AND THEN GUAM WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO G COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 21ST MARINES, 3RD MARINE DIVISION. HE WAS KILLED DURING THE FIGHTING FOR MOTAYAMA AIRFIELD 2 ON IWO JIMA FEBRUARY 28, 1945. INITIALLY BURIED IN THE 3RD MARDIV (MARINE DIVISION) CEMETERY ON IWO JIMA. RETURNED IN 1948 FOR FINAL BURIAL IN DYSART CEMETERY, DYSART, IOWA.