USMCR World War II
CPL Robert M. Byrd KIA Marianas Is, July 4, 1944
Unit Company I, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Gilead, North Carolina
Mother, Mrs. Lucretia Byrd
Service# 470454
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines was activated on 22 July 1942, at what is now Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. In July 1943, the battalion relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. In August 1943, they were assigned to 4th Marine Division. This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The 23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the 3rd Marine Division.
After intensive training, 23rd Marines shipped out on 13 January 1944, and in 13 months made four major amphibious assaults, in the battles of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur), Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima, with the division suffering more than 17,000 casualties.
The Battle of Saipan
At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force."
CPL Robert M. Byrd KIA Marianas Is, July 4, 1944
Unit Company I, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Gilead, North Carolina
Mother, Mrs. Lucretia Byrd
Service# 470454
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines was activated on 22 July 1942, at what is now Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. In July 1943, the battalion relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. In August 1943, they were assigned to 4th Marine Division. This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The 23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the 3rd Marine Division.
After intensive training, 23rd Marines shipped out on 13 January 1944, and in 13 months made four major amphibious assaults, in the battles of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur), Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima, with the division suffering more than 17,000 casualties.
The Battle of Saipan
At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force."
USMCR World War II
CPL Robert M. Byrd KIA Marianas Is, July 4, 1944
Unit Company I, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Gilead, North Carolina
Mother, Mrs. Lucretia Byrd
Service# 470454
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines was activated on 22 July 1942, at what is now Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. In July 1943, the battalion relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. In August 1943, they were assigned to 4th Marine Division. This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The 23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the 3rd Marine Division.
After intensive training, 23rd Marines shipped out on 13 January 1944, and in 13 months made four major amphibious assaults, in the battles of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur), Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima, with the division suffering more than 17,000 casualties.
The Battle of Saipan
At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force."
CPL Robert M. Byrd KIA Marianas Is, July 4, 1944
Unit Company I, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Gilead, North Carolina
Mother, Mrs. Lucretia Byrd
Service# 470454
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines was activated on 22 July 1942, at what is now Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. In July 1943, the battalion relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. In August 1943, they were assigned to 4th Marine Division. This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The 23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the 3rd Marine Division.
After intensive training, 23rd Marines shipped out on 13 January 1944, and in 13 months made four major amphibious assaults, in the battles of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur), Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima, with the division suffering more than 17,000 casualties.
The Battle of Saipan
At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force."
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011
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Web: U.S., Marine Corps Casualty Indexes, 1940-1958
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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