World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Stephen Edward Advent
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Gray's Landing, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: CORPORAL. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MARINE CORPS IN OCTOBER OF 1943 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED WITH THE 4TH MARINES, 6TH MARINE ‘THE STRIKING SIXTH’ DIVISION IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, CODE NAME: OPERATION ICEBERG, THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN THE PACIFIC WAR OF WWII. KILLED IN ACTION MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945 AND WAS BURIED IN THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON OKINAWA. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE TRANSFERRED TO HONOLULU WITH INTERMENT MARCH 3, 1949 IN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY, ‘PUNCHBOWL’, HAWAII. DECORATION AND CITATION: THE PURPLE HEART WAS AWARDED TO THE MARINE FOR HIS SUPREME SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY.