World War II Honoree

Bonnie Abeyta

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Pueblo, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps December 15, 1941 at Denver, Colorado, 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, Second Marines and an element of the Second Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Saipan Island Location: Northwestern Pacific Theater of Operations. On Sunday, July 9, 1944 he was fatally wounded, during offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Second 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 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, with interment February 1, 1949. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.