World War II Honoree

James Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps January 27, 1942 at Atlanta, Georgia, completing basic training with the Thirteenth Recruit Battalion Recruit Depot; Marine Corps Base San Diego, California. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Pendleton Oceanside, California for combat training. Following infantry training, he served in the communication section as a Field Lineman, assigned to Headquarters Company, Second Battalion, Twenty-Second Marine Regiment, a subordinate unit of the Fifth Amphibious Corps, Location: North Pacific Theater of Operations. His regiment participated in the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll (Battle Dates: February 17-23, 1944) Code name: Operation Flintlock, Marshall Islands Campaign. Tuesday, February, 22, 1945 he was mortally wounded on Parry Island, during a combat operation against the Imperial Japanese forces, with burial in the Coral Sands battlefield cemetery, Kirinian Island. In the post-war era, his family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Honolulu Punchbowl Cemetery Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.