World War II Honoree

Myron Lane Abbott

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Hinckley, Utah

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Sergeant. On March 1, 1940, he was inducted into the United States Marine Corps from Utah. His boot camp training took place with the fourth recruit Battalion, Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California. Later he completed his Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. Served as a Squad Leader, with the Second Marine Division in the Central Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to the first platoon in Delta Company, First Battalion and Second Marine Regiment. The division participated in the amphibious assault against the Imperial Japanese forces in the Battle of Tarawa. The combat engagement took place on the Island of Betio, located on the Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands Code Name: Operation Galvanic. Reported missing in action, lost at sea Sunday, November 21, 1943 on the second day of the invasion. His name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at the American Cemetery in Manila, Philippine Islands. He had experienced combat in two previous operations: Battle of Guadalcanal and the Battle of Tulagi. In his Memory and Honor, a cenotaph memorial was placed at the Hinckley Cemetery in Hinckley, Utah. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.