World War II Honoree

Domenick Daniel Amadio

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Platoon Sergeant. On October 31, 1940, he was inducted into the United States Marine Corps from Pennsylvania. His boot camp training took place with the First Recruit Battalion, Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina. Later he completed his Marine Combat Training at Camp Geiger, North Carolina. Served as a Platoon Leader with the Second Marine Division in the Central Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to Easy Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, and a subordinate unit of the division. His 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. Killed in action Saturday, November 20, 1943 on the first day of the invasion, and buried in the Lone Palm battlefield cemetery on Betio Island. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine received his remains for burial. He was laid to rest at the Greensburg Catholic Cemetery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.