World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Theron Eldred Price
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Gardena, California
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private 1st Class. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps December 13, 1942 and received his Basic Combat Infantry Training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California. Served in the Pacific Theater and experienced combat as a Rifleman assigned to Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine ‘The Silent Second’ Division. Participated in the Battle of Tarawa, which was fought on the Island of Betio located on the Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands (Dates of Battle: November 20-November 23, 1943), Code Name: Operation Galvanic. Sunday, November 21, 1943 he died of wounds suffered in combat and buried at Sea by Administrative Decision. In memory, he is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing, Honolulu National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, ‘Punchbowl’ Hawaii. Decoration and Citation: Purple Heart. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart, who so gallantly gave his life for his country.