World War II Honoree

Keistutis Kay Casper

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps July 24, 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland, with recruit training assigned to the Tenth Recruit Battalion Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base Parris Island, South Carolina. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Geiger, North Carolina for combat training. Following basic and advanced infantry training, he served as a Rifleman with a Weapons Company, Twenty-First Marine Regiment and Third Marine Division Location: Central Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault on the Island of Guam (Dates of Battles: July 21-August 10, 1944) Code Name: Operation Forager. July 28, 1944 he was mortally wounded during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, with burial in a battlefield cemetery on Guam. Succeeding hostilities with Japan, his family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Baltimore National Cemetery, with interment April 12, 1948 Location: Baltimore, Maryland. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.