USMCR World War II
Pfc. Richard Barella KIA March 11, 1945
Unit Served with the U.S. Marines Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Division, FMF
Hometown: New Hartford, Conn
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clorindo J. Barbella
service# 547943
Awards: Silver Star, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Final Resting Place
Details of career here.
Cushman's 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, was relieved, but other elements of the 9th and 21st Marines, equally exhausted, had just as difficult a time. Erskine truly had no reserves. He called Cushman back into the pocket. By 16 March (D+25), Japanese resistance in this thicket of jumbled rocks ended. On 11 March, 1/9 and 3/9 were to execute a converging attack from the high ground near the east coast into the northeastern fringes of the pocket. Once the two battalions had linked up, they were to launch a concerted drive into the pocket from the east. In the course of the morning, the 1st Battalion assaulted a ridge overlooking the pocket and blasted its way to the top, demolishing caves and other positions as it went along. The advance was supported by Shermans from the 3d Tank Battalion, whose fire either destroyed such enemy defenses as could be spotted or at least kept the occupants of strongpoints underground to permit the approach of demolition teams. The 3d Battalion was forced to assault similar terrain during the morning without tank support, which did not arrive until an armored bulldozer had carved out a road for the Shermans during the early afternoon. In mid-afternoon, shortly after 1500, the two battalions linked up. For the remainder of the day, elements of both battalions mopped up along the east coast, outposted the beach, and established defensive positions on the high ground east of Hill 362C.
Private First Class MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Silver Star
(Posthumously) for gallantry in action at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands on March 7, 1945.
Action Date: 7-Mar-45
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Richard Barella (MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as an Automatic Rifleman, serving with Company C, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 7 March 1945. With his squad waging a fierce attack against well-entrenched, heavily armed enemy forces, Private First Class Barella voluntarily crawled to an exposed position in order to fire more effectively upon the fanatic Japanese and, pouring a deadly stream of rifle fire on the hostile position, succeeded in annihilating two machine guns with their crews and in silencing still another enemy weapon. By his steadfast determination, indomitable fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty in the face of strong opposition, Private First Class Barella enabled his squad to achieve its objective, and his courage throughout upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Pfc. Richard Barella KIA March 11, 1945
Unit Served with the U.S. Marines Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Division, FMF
Hometown: New Hartford, Conn
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clorindo J. Barbella
service# 547943
Awards: Silver Star, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Final Resting Place
Details of career here.
Cushman's 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, was relieved, but other elements of the 9th and 21st Marines, equally exhausted, had just as difficult a time. Erskine truly had no reserves. He called Cushman back into the pocket. By 16 March (D+25), Japanese resistance in this thicket of jumbled rocks ended. On 11 March, 1/9 and 3/9 were to execute a converging attack from the high ground near the east coast into the northeastern fringes of the pocket. Once the two battalions had linked up, they were to launch a concerted drive into the pocket from the east. In the course of the morning, the 1st Battalion assaulted a ridge overlooking the pocket and blasted its way to the top, demolishing caves and other positions as it went along. The advance was supported by Shermans from the 3d Tank Battalion, whose fire either destroyed such enemy defenses as could be spotted or at least kept the occupants of strongpoints underground to permit the approach of demolition teams. The 3d Battalion was forced to assault similar terrain during the morning without tank support, which did not arrive until an armored bulldozer had carved out a road for the Shermans during the early afternoon. In mid-afternoon, shortly after 1500, the two battalions linked up. For the remainder of the day, elements of both battalions mopped up along the east coast, outposted the beach, and established defensive positions on the high ground east of Hill 362C.
Private First Class MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Silver Star
(Posthumously) for gallantry in action at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands on March 7, 1945.
Action Date: 7-Mar-45
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Richard Barella (MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as an Automatic Rifleman, serving with Company C, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 7 March 1945. With his squad waging a fierce attack against well-entrenched, heavily armed enemy forces, Private First Class Barella voluntarily crawled to an exposed position in order to fire more effectively upon the fanatic Japanese and, pouring a deadly stream of rifle fire on the hostile position, succeeded in annihilating two machine guns with their crews and in silencing still another enemy weapon. By his steadfast determination, indomitable fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty in the face of strong opposition, Private First Class Barella enabled his squad to achieve its objective, and his courage throughout upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
USMCR World War II
Pfc. Richard Barella KIA March 11, 1945
Unit Served with the U.S. Marines Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Division, FMF
Hometown: New Hartford, Conn
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clorindo J. Barbella
service# 547943
Awards: Silver Star, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Final Resting Place
Details of career here.
Cushman's 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, was relieved, but other elements of the 9th and 21st Marines, equally exhausted, had just as difficult a time. Erskine truly had no reserves. He called Cushman back into the pocket. By 16 March (D+25), Japanese resistance in this thicket of jumbled rocks ended. On 11 March, 1/9 and 3/9 were to execute a converging attack from the high ground near the east coast into the northeastern fringes of the pocket. Once the two battalions had linked up, they were to launch a concerted drive into the pocket from the east. In the course of the morning, the 1st Battalion assaulted a ridge overlooking the pocket and blasted its way to the top, demolishing caves and other positions as it went along. The advance was supported by Shermans from the 3d Tank Battalion, whose fire either destroyed such enemy defenses as could be spotted or at least kept the occupants of strongpoints underground to permit the approach of demolition teams. The 3d Battalion was forced to assault similar terrain during the morning without tank support, which did not arrive until an armored bulldozer had carved out a road for the Shermans during the early afternoon. In mid-afternoon, shortly after 1500, the two battalions linked up. For the remainder of the day, elements of both battalions mopped up along the east coast, outposted the beach, and established defensive positions on the high ground east of Hill 362C.
Private First Class MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Silver Star
(Posthumously) for gallantry in action at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands on March 7, 1945.
Action Date: 7-Mar-45
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Richard Barella (MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as an Automatic Rifleman, serving with Company C, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 7 March 1945. With his squad waging a fierce attack against well-entrenched, heavily armed enemy forces, Private First Class Barella voluntarily crawled to an exposed position in order to fire more effectively upon the fanatic Japanese and, pouring a deadly stream of rifle fire on the hostile position, succeeded in annihilating two machine guns with their crews and in silencing still another enemy weapon. By his steadfast determination, indomitable fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty in the face of strong opposition, Private First Class Barella enabled his squad to achieve its objective, and his courage throughout upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Pfc. Richard Barella KIA March 11, 1945
Unit Served with the U.S. Marines Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Division, FMF
Hometown: New Hartford, Conn
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clorindo J. Barbella
service# 547943
Awards: Silver Star, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Final Resting Place
Details of career here.
Cushman's 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, was relieved, but other elements of the 9th and 21st Marines, equally exhausted, had just as difficult a time. Erskine truly had no reserves. He called Cushman back into the pocket. By 16 March (D+25), Japanese resistance in this thicket of jumbled rocks ended. On 11 March, 1/9 and 3/9 were to execute a converging attack from the high ground near the east coast into the northeastern fringes of the pocket. Once the two battalions had linked up, they were to launch a concerted drive into the pocket from the east. In the course of the morning, the 1st Battalion assaulted a ridge overlooking the pocket and blasted its way to the top, demolishing caves and other positions as it went along. The advance was supported by Shermans from the 3d Tank Battalion, whose fire either destroyed such enemy defenses as could be spotted or at least kept the occupants of strongpoints underground to permit the approach of demolition teams. The 3d Battalion was forced to assault similar terrain during the morning without tank support, which did not arrive until an armored bulldozer had carved out a road for the Shermans during the early afternoon. In mid-afternoon, shortly after 1500, the two battalions linked up. For the remainder of the day, elements of both battalions mopped up along the east coast, outposted the beach, and established defensive positions on the high ground east of Hill 362C.
Private First Class MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Silver Star
(Posthumously) for gallantry in action at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands on March 7, 1945.
Action Date: 7-Mar-45
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Richard Barella (MCSN: 54793), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as an Automatic Rifleman, serving with Company C, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 7 March 1945. With his squad waging a fierce attack against well-entrenched, heavily armed enemy forces, Private First Class Barella voluntarily crawled to an exposed position in order to fire more effectively upon the fanatic Japanese and, pouring a deadly stream of rifle fire on the hostile position, succeeded in annihilating two machine guns with their crews and in silencing still another enemy weapon. By his steadfast determination, indomitable fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty in the face of strong opposition, Private First Class Barella enabled his squad to achieve its objective, and his courage throughout upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Gravesite Details
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