World War II Honoree

Otis C. Ware

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Arvada, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps May 15, 1943 at Denver, Colorado, with recruit training assigned to the Second Recruit Battalion Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base San Diego, California. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Pendleton Oceanside, California for combat training. Served as a Rifleman assigned to Charlie Company, First Battalion, Twenty-Third Marine Regiment and Third Marine Division Location: Western Pacific Theater of Operations. 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. On February 26, 1945 he was killed in action during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, with burial in the Third Marine Division battlefield cemetery on Iwo. Succeeding hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Arvada Cemetery Arvada, Colorado. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.