World War II Honoree

Adam West Driver

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Saint Louis, Missouri

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private 1st Class. He entered the United States Marine Corps from Saint Louis, Missouri, receiving his Combat Infantry Training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. Served with Company-E as a Rifleman, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment a subordinate unit of the 4th Marine ‘The Fighting Fourth’ Division in the Western Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault against the Imperial Japanese Army and Naval forces on the Volcanic Island of Iwo Jima (Battle Dates: February 19-March 26, 1945) Code Name: Operation Detachment. Killed in Action Sunday, March 4, 1945 and buried in the Fourth Marine Division cemetery on Iwo. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, his family received his remains for burial, with interment at the Yellow Hill Veterans Cemetery in Cherokee, North Carolina. This Marine, a Native American Indian, a descendant of the Cherokee Tribe and a Patriot, who so gallantly gave his life for his country.