Private First Class Max Renwick Willcox 0538287 KIA

Private First Class Max Renwick Willcox 0538287 KIA USMC Marine Corps. Born 11 June 1925 in Greeley, Colorado. He attended primary and high schools in Greeley, and was a clerk and newspaper employee prior to joining the Marine Corps on 30 January 1943, at the age of 17. He received his preliminary training at San Diego and Camp Pendleton, California, and served overseas in the Pacific Area (PTO) with Company D, Second Battalion, 27th Marines, Fifth Marines Division. Private First Class Willcox participated in the invasion and assault on Iwo Jima, and was killed in action on that island on 7 March 1945. Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM) for his supreme sacrifice, he had also earned the American Theater Area Ribbon and Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with Battle Star. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Willcox of Greeley, Colorado. He is also the brother of Sergeant Genevieve Willcox.

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