World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Allen Edwin Elder
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Sergeant. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps December 14, 1941 with induction at Los Angeles, California and traveled to the Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California for recruit training. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Pendleton Oceanside, California for combat training. He served with Headquarters Battery, First Battalion, Fourteenth Marine Regiment, an element of the Fourth Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Saipan Island Location: Northwestern Pacific Theater of Operations. Wednesday, June 21, 1944 he was killed in action, during offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese forces. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Fourth Marine Division Saipan 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 February 11, 1949 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.