World War II Honoree

Richard Seymour Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Mogadore, Ohio

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MAY 28,1944. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE K-COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, 24TH MARINES, 4TH MARINE ‘FIGHTING FOURTH’ DIVISION. ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1945 HE PARTICIPATED IN THE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING IN THE BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA (19 FEBRUARY-26 MARCH 1945), CODE NAME: OPERATION DETACHMENT, IN WHICH HE WAS KILLED. HE WAS BURIED IN THE FOURTH MARINE DIVISION BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON IWO AND AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE CROWN HILL CEMETERY AND MAUSOLEUM, TWINSBURG, OHIO.