Elery Ward Lewis
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 964904
September 27, 1919
in Ranger, TX
George Lewis
Frances “Fannie” (Anderson) Lewis
Details unknown
Details unknown
May 29, 1944
at El Paso, TX
February 27, 1945
from 24th Replacement Draft
March 4, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 4, 1945
Killed in action
Box 337, Paducah, TX – address of wife, Mrs. Zelia Pauline (Byrd) Lewis
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Second Recruit Battalion. Outposted to casual company, Recruit Depot. Transferred to the Fourth Training Battalion, Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Pendleton for instruction as an anti-tank gunner. Assigned duty with the 24th Replacement Draft, attached to the Fourth Marine Division, for the Iwo Jima operation.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 610 (Antitank Gunner)
Important Events:
February 27, 1945 – joined from 24th Replacement Draft
March 4, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, head); exact details unknown
March 11, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 28, Grave 1394, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
March 4, 1945
Citation
