World War II Honoree

Charles Dean Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Platoon Sergeant. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a tactical adviser to his Platoon Leader. Assigned to Headquarters Company, Fourth Marine Regiment, an element of the First Provisional Brigade Location: Central Pacific Theater of Operations. His Brigade participated in the amphibious assault on the Island of Guam (Dates of Battles: July 21-August 10, 1944) Code Name: Operation Forager. Tuesday, August 22, 1944 he was mortally wounded, during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, with burial in the Orote Peninsula Brigades’ Battlefield Cemetery. In the post-war era, this Marines’ family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Honolulu Memorial Cemetery Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, with interment January 28, 1949. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.