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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Howard Euliss Nease

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Greensboro, North Carolina

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: CORPORAL. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MARINE CORPS AUGUST 26, 1942 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO K-COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE ‘THE OLD BREED’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, CODE NAME: OPERATION ICEBERG, THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN THE PACIFIC WAR OF WWII. KILLED IN ACTION TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1945 AND WAS BURIED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON OKINAWA. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.