World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Joseph Patrick Walsh
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Boston, Massachusetts
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps April 29, 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. And along with any additional training; he was deployed to the Northwestern 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 Saipan Island. On Thursday, June 15, 1944 he was reported missing in action, during a combat engagement against the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu National Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.