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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Donald G. Hawkins

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Marengo, Iowa

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: PRIVATE. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS JANUARY 1944 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO C-COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 24TH MARINES, 4TH MARINE ‘FIGHTING FOURTH’ DIVISION. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA (19 FEBRUARY-26 MARCH 1945), CODE NAME: OPERATION DETACHMENT. KILLED IN ACTION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1945 AND HE WAS BURIED IN THE UNITED STATES FOURTH MARINE DIVISION BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON IWO JIMA. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT NOVEMBER 1, 1948 IN THE KEOKUK NATIONAL CEMETERY, KEOKUK, IOWA.