Rank and Name, Corporal Charles Raymond Axenroth Jr.
Unit/Placed in, 3rd Tank Battalion (A-Comp), 3rd Marines, United States Marine Corps.
Charles is born approx. on 14 June 1918 in Warrington, Pennsylvania.
Father, Charles R. Axenroth Sr.
Mother, Anna L. (Stuckert) Axenroth.
Sister(s), Evelyn G. Axenroth.
Brother(s), Harry and Fred D. Axenroth.
Spouse, ??? (Humphiers) Axenroth.
Charles enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 440500.
Charles was KIA when his transport to the Landing Beaches (LST-477) off Iwo Jima was hit by a Kamikaze on 21 Feb. 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Doylestown Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.scribd.com/document/110606038/Iwo-Jima-Campaign-1945
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
