World War II Honoree

Dave Albert Guidugli

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Newport, Kentucky

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps January 19, 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio, with recruit training assigned to the Fifth 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 combat training. Served as a Rifleman with the Twenty-Second Marine Regiment in the North Pacific Theater of Operations, assigned to Charlie Company, First Battalion and Fifth Amphibious Corps. His regiment participated in the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll (Battle Dates: February 17-23, 1944) Code name: Operation Flintlock, Marshall Islands Campaign. Killed in Action Tuesday, February 22, 1944 during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces on the Island of Parry, and buried in the Coral Sands battlefield cemetery on Kirinian Island. After the cessation of hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine received his remains for burial. He was laid to rest March 5, 1948 at the Saint Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.