Armand Louis Guyot
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 908331
July 12, 1925
in Chicago, IL
Louis August Guyot
Edythe (Haynes) Guyot
Details unknown
Details unknown
October 9, 1943
at Chicago, IL
April 10, 1944
from Transient Center, V Amphib. Corps
August 1, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian
August 1, 1944
Killed in action
4621 Broadway, Chicago, IL – home of mother, Mrs. Edythe H. Guyot
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Seventh Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Infantry Battalion, TC Camp Elliott.
In early 1944, transferred to Replacement Battalion, Transient Center, FMF Pacific. Assigned to Fourth Marine Division 8 April 1944.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Important Events:
August 1, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, abdomen) just before nightfall while attacking a Japanese strongpoint.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Tinian (August 1, 1944)
Citation
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Service Stories
“A fire group of Company A now reached a knife-edge ridge extending from the cliffs on the left boundary to the sea on the right. Only one man could cross at a time. The enemy allowed several of the group to cross, then opened fire… from an emplacement in the cliff at the left. One BARman was killed. The remainder of the squad rushed over the ridge through the fire and attacked the emplacement. One group tried to flank the position, and another BARman was killed. Numerous others were wounded…. It was now so dark visiblity was reduced to a matter of 2 or 3 feet. By great daring, the wounded were rescued but the 2 dead Marines could not be reached. Worst of all, their BARs and ammunition could not be recovered…. [In the morning] over 20 Japs were killed, their machine guns captured…. Our own dead from the previous night’s encounter recovered and our own weapons recaptured.”
– LtCol. Otto Lessing, report on Tinan operation, 1-2 August 1944.
I was paired off with Armand, a combat veteran of Saipan, to learn the way of war. He was my mentor for 6 days until his untimely death. We shared the same foxhole, newly dug each night through the coal-mud surface. We quickly became close friends even though our backgrounds were completely opposite, he being raised in Chicago and I was the son of a Missouri farmer.
Armand and one other Marine that I did not know [Private Earle D. Tanner], were selected as point men for our platoon as the Company made its way south on Tinian. They were killed by small arms fire from Japanese soldiers concealed in the underbrush just ahead of our troops. Everyone on the skirmish line was in mortal danger at this time; the 2 point men were our buffer. This occurrence turned into a full-fledged firefight for the remainder of the afternoon. The platoon finally dug in for the night when things quieted down.
The following day the body recovery team secured our comrades killed during yesterday’s clash. My last remembrance of Armand was rather disturbing. Both Marines had been placed on canvas litters and loaded aboard a small utility trailer drawn by a jeep. The bodies were covered by ponchos which served as a shroud. The only thing visible was their combat boots protruding from the cover.
