World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
John Thomas Walsh
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Boston, Massachusetts
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps April 7, 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts. Following his Basic Military Training at the Marine Barracks Parris Island, South Carolina and completed infantry training at Camp Geiger, North Carolina. Along with any additional training; he was deployed to the Northwest Pacific Theater of Operations. He served with Echo Company as a Rifleman, assigned to the Second Battalion, Eighth Marines and an element of the Second Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Okinawa Island, and it was the last major battle of World War II. On Saturday, May 12, 1945 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 Manila American Cemetery Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila Philippines. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.