
Edwin Henry Groote
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 510772
September7, 1923
in Holland, IA
Elso Fred Groote
Anna (Tjpekes) Groote
Details unknown
Farmer
December 13, 1942
at Des Moines, IA
September 7, 1943
from Naval Air Station Astoria, OR
February 24, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
February 24, 1945
Killed in action
Rural Route 1, New Hartford, IA – address of parents, Elso & Anna Groote.
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Fourth and Ninth Recruit Battalions. Outposted to unknown duty station; on rolls of Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station Astoria, Oregon as of July 1943.
Transferred fall 1943; joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 7 September 1943.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman) – assigned 60mm mortar section
Important Events:
Awarded commendation for “excellent service in the line of his duties while serving as an ammunition carrier of a 60mm mortar squad… 15 June to 9 July 1944.”
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines (Demolitions Platoon)
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Important Events:
February 24, 1945 – killed in action; exact cause and circumstances not known.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (Feb. 24, 1945)
Citation
Service Stories
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