World War II Honoree

Harold P. Forsythe

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Neenah, Wisconsin

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS JULY 10, 1943 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO E-BATTERY, 14TH MARINES, 4TH MARINE ‘FIGHTING FOURTH’ DIVISION. ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944 HE PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF SAIPAN (15 JUNE-9 JULY 1944) MARIANA ISLANDS CAMPAIGN, IN WHICH HE WAS KILLED. HE WAS BURIED IN AN ARMY BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON SAIPAN AND AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE SAINT MARGARETS CEMETERY, NEENAH, WISCONSIN.