World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Carl Olson Bachman
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
State Center, Iowa
Honored By
Sarah Kingdon
Relationship
Daughter
Assigned as Commanding Officer of Company H attached to the Third Battalion, Twenty-Eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division. He was Killed in Action 14 March 1945 on Iwo Jima. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for actions during the engagement.