Corporal Bonito Salisbury KIA 302779

Corporal Bonito Salisbury KIA 302779 USMC Marine Corp. Born 4 December 1923 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was a student at Central High School in st. Joseph, Missouri, at 12 December 1940, at the age of 17. After training at San Diego NTS and Camps Elliott and Pendleton, California, he served in the 7th Defense Battalion in the emergency on Samoa, then returned to the States for reassignment in May of 1943. He fought on Iwo Jima with Company C, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division, and was killed in action on 3 March 1945 by mortar fire after wiping out an enemy position. corporal Salisbury had earned the American Defense, Asiatic Pacific (PTO), Good Conduct and Purple Heart Medals (PHM). Son of Orman and Ida Salisbury, St. Joseph, Missouri Wife, Marie, and son, Terry, of Denver.

Source:

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

2- 2- US Headstone and Interment records for US Military.