World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Glenn Franklin White
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Emporia, Kansas
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps February 10, 1942 at Kansas City, Missouri, with recruit training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California, and infantry training at Camp Pendleton Oceanside, California. He served as a Rifleman, assigned to Alpha Company, First Battalion, Sixth Marines and an element of the Second Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll Gilbert Islands Location: Central Pacific Theater of Operations. On Monday, November 22, 1943 he was reported missing in action, after a combat engagement with the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. In his Memory and Honor, a cenotaph memorial has been placed at the Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Emporia, Kansas. This American Patriot received the following Decorations posthumously: Silver Star and the Purple Heart. The Silver Star was awarded to this Marine for his Distinguished Gallantry in Action and Valor in Combat against an enemy force, and the Purple Heart for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.