Sergeant Elmer George Schreiber 340002

Sergeant Elmer George Schreiber 340002, US Marine Corps USMC, KIA. Born 29 July 1919 in Denver, Colorado. He attended Denver public schools, and was a graduate of Manual High School and a CCC Camp enrolled prior to joining the Marine Corps on 20 December 1941, at the age of 22. He received his preliminary training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California, and served overseas with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, Third Marine Division. Sergeant Schreiber was in active service on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was killed during action against the enemy on Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945, at the age of 25. In this action, he worked his way through a heavy barrage of Japanese artillery fire to set up and fire a machine gun in a covering action for a platoon withdrawing from an untenable position. He remained at his gun and continued firing from a location near Motoyama Airfield No. 2 until the wounded had been evacuated from his sector and his company had established a defense line for the night. Platoon Sergeant Schreiber was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart (PHM) and Bronze Star Medal (BSM). He had also earned the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific (PTO) Ribbon with 4 Battle Stars, and the Good Conduct Medal. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schreiber, of Denver.

 

Source:

1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948

2- US Headstone and Interment records for US Military.