World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Lewis Myron Cyrus
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Swiss, Wisconsin
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private. Served as a Rifleman with the Fifth Marine Division in the Western Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Baker Company, First Battalion and Twenty-Eighth Marine Regiment. His division participated in the amphibious assault on the Volcanic Island of Iwo Jima (Battle Dates: February 19-March 26, 1945) Code Name: Operation Detachment. Killed in Action Saturday, March 24, 1945 during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, and buried in the Fifth Marine Division battlefield cemetery on Iwo. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine requested that his remains be transferred to Honolulu. He was laid to rest March 18, 1949 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, ‘Punchbowl’ Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.