World War II Honoree

Walter Amos Miller

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Ocheyedan, Iowa

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Corporal. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps January 14, 1942 with induction at Los Angeles, California. He completed basic training with the Tenth 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 as a Rifle Team Leader with Hotel Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, an element of the Second Marine Division Location: Central Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault on the Island of Betio, Tarawa Atoll Gilbert Islands Code Name: Operation Galvanic. Saturday, November 20, 1943 he was reported missing in action, during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, succeeding the battle. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.