World War II Honoree

Anthony Casey Baranowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Long Beach, California

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Corporal. On January 14, 1942, he entered the United States Marine Corps from California, receiving his Marine Combat Training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. Served with Company-A as a Rifleman, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, a subordinate unit of the 3rd Marine ‘The Fighting Third’ 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 Friday, March 2, 1945 and buried in the Third Marine Division cemetery on Iwo. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, his family received his remains for burial, with interment December 30, 1948 at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Saint Louis, Missouri. He received the following awards and Citation: Silver Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. This Marine, an American Patriot awarded the Silver Star posthumously for Distinguished Gallantry in Action and Valor in Combat against an enemy force. The Purple Heart was also awarded posthumously, as he so gallantly gave his life for his country.