World War II Honoree

Frank E. Winterling

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Downing, Wisconsin

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: SERGEANT. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DECEMBER 9, 1942 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AFTER RECRUIT TRAINING, HE WAS TRANSFERRED INTO THE AVIATION TRAINING PROGRAM ASSIGNED TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SQUADRON TWENTY-THREE, SAN DIEGO NAVAL AIR STATION, CALIFORNIA, AND ADVANCE TRAINING AT AIR ENGINE SQUADRON, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AIR STATION QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON 23, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 23, FIRST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING. KILLED IN ACTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1942 FROM SHRAPNEL WOUNDS RECEIVED WHEN ENEMY SHIPS SHELLED THE CAMP AREA ON HENDERSON FIELD, GUADALCANAL LOCATED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. HE WAS BURIED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS CEMETERY ON GUADALCANAL AND AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE SALISBURY NATIONAL CEMETERY, SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. HE IS ALSO MEMORIALIZED AT THE GUADALCANAL AMERICAN MEMORIAL LOCATED ON SKYLINE DRIVE OVERLOOKING THE TOWN OF HONIARA, GUADALCANAL.