World War II Honoree

Salvatore Louis Petriello

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Dan Petriello

Relationship

Son

HE WAS A CORPORAL IN BATTERY L, 4TH BATTALION, 15TH MARINES, 6TH MARINE DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE LANDING ASSAULT FORCES ON OKINAWA FROM 4/1/45 TO 7/4/45, THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN JAPAN FROM 8/26/45 TO 10/1/45 AND THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN NORTH CHINA FROM 11/1/45 TO 4/15/46. HE WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CITATION WITH ONE STAR. HE WAS A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY FROM 8/1/46 TO 8/1/48.