Glen Pershing Rardin

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 497783

Born

August 8, 1925
in Coolville, OH

Parents

Ola Hodge Rardin
Fanny Louise (Root) Rardin

School

Carthage-Troy High School (1943)

Pre-War Employment

High school student

Entered Service

December 12, 1942
at Charleston, WV

Joined First Battalion

September 20, 1944
from Fourth Pioneer Battalion

Left First Battalion

March 2, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

March 2, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

Rural Route 1, Coolville, OH – address of parents, Ola & Fanny Rardin

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island; outposted to King Company, Third Battalion, 23rd Marines at New River, NC. Transferred to Fox Company, Second Battalion (Pioneers), 20th Marines on 3 April 1943; to Dog Company, 2/20th Marines summer 1943.

Participated in the battles of Roi-Namur, (Private First Class, Tool Repairman MOS 240) Saipan, and Tinian (Private First Class, Rifleman MOS 745).

Battalion disbanded September 1944; joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 20 September 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 729 (Shore Party Man)
Important Events:
March 2, 1945 – killed in action, cause and circumstances unknown
March 3, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 19, Grave 916, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative