World War II Honoree

Steve A. Gyory, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps October 14, 1943 at Cleveland, Ohio and completed his basic training, with the Fourth Recruit Battalion, Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California for his combat training. Served as a Rifleman with the Fifth Marine Division in the Western Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Charlie Company, First Battalion and Twenty-Seventh 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 Wednesday, March 7, 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 17, 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.