World War II Honoree

Laurence Atlee Fleck

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps September 24, 1942 with induction at Saint Paul, Minnesota. He completed basic training with the Second 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. He served as a Rifleman, assigned to Lima Company, Third Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, an element of the Sixth Marine Division Location: Northwest Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Okinawa Island Location: Northwest Pacific Theater of Operations. Sunday, May 20, 1945 he was killed in action, during offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese forces. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Sixth Marine Division Okinawa Battlefield Cemetery. In the post-war era, this Marines’ family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at the Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, with interment March 4, 1949 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.