World War II Honoree

William D. Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: SERGEANT. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS, MARINE FIGHTER ATTACK SQUADRON ONE TWENTY TWO ‘THE WEREWOLVES’, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP-31, FIRST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING STATIONED AT HENDERSON FIELD, GUADALCANAL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1943 AND 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 TRANSFERRED TO HONOLULU, WITH INTERMENT IN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC, ‘PUNCHBOWL’ HAWAII. DECORATION AND CITATION: THE MARINE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SUPREME SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY. HE IS ALSO MEMORIALIZED AT THE GUADALCANAL AMERICAN MEMORIAL LOCATED ON SKYLINE DRIVE OVERLOOKING THE TOWN OF HONIARA, GUADALCANAL.