World War II Honoree

Page Warren

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Seattle, Washington

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Supply Sergeant. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps September 18, 1940 at Seattle, Washington. His boot camp training took place with the Fourth Recruit Battalion Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California. Later he completed his Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. Served as a Supply Sergeant with the Second Marine Division in the Central Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Headquarters Company, First Battalion and Sixth Marine Regiment. 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 Sunday, November 21, 1943 on the second day of the invasion, and buried in the Lone Palm battlefield cemetery on Betio. 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 January 31, 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.