Name:
Jeroid Merle Tate
Rank:
First Sergeant
Serial Number:
262606
Unit:
3rd Marine Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-24
State:
California
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Jeroid Merle Tate was born in 1915. He was the son of John George Tate and Nettie Grace Moore Tate.
He served in the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a First Sergeant during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 24, 1944, during the Battle for Guam. He was buried at sea. He also has a cenotaph in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Sandwich, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA.