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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William H. Fenton

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: PRIVATE. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MARCH 13, 1944 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO E-COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE ‘THE OLD BREED’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA (1 APRIL-22 JUNE 1945) CODE NAME: OPERATION ICEBERG, THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN THE PACIFIC WAR OF WWII. KILLED IN ACTION MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945 AND HE WAS BURIED IN THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION CEMETERY ON OKINAWA. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE WHITE CHAPEL MEMORIAL CEMETERY, BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN.