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Edwin Henry Groote

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 510772
Born

September7, 1923
in Holland, IA

Parents

Elso Fred Groote
Anna (Tjpekes) Groote

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Farmer

Entered Service

December 13, 1942
at Des Moines, IA

Joined First Battalion

September 7, 1943
from Naval Air Station Astoria, OR

Left First Battalion

February 24, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

February 24, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

Rural Route 1, New Hartford, IA – address of parents, Elso & Anna Groote.

Service & Campaigns
Before joining battalion

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.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

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.”

Campaign Narrative

Tinian

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)

Campaign Narrative

Iwo Jima

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.

Campaign Narrative

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Iwo Jima (Feb. 24, 1945)

Citation

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Edwin is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg, Iowa
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