Advertisement

Capt Hicks Lenor Stone

Advertisement

Capt Hicks Lenor Stone Veteran

Birth
Blossom, Lamar County, Texas, USA
Death
19 Feb 1945 (aged 25)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section E, grave 343
Memorial ID
View Source
WORLD WAR II veteran:
25th MARINES, 4th MAR DIV

Capt. Stone was killed on the first day of the famous battle of IWO JIMA (part of the Japanese-controlled Volcano Islands in the South Pacific). The five-week battle saw some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

From his niece Barbara Keeling: "My Uncle Hicks L. Stone is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, Section E Site 343. The headstone, at the Wheelock Cemetery in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, between his parents, Baughn & Luna Stone, is in memory of him."

Link to his memorial page at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific:
Captain Hicks L. Stone
WORLD WAR II veteran:
25th MARINES, 4th MAR DIV

Capt. Stone was killed on the first day of the famous battle of IWO JIMA (part of the Japanese-controlled Volcano Islands in the South Pacific). The five-week battle saw some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

From his niece Barbara Keeling: "My Uncle Hicks L. Stone is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, Section E Site 343. The headstone, at the Wheelock Cemetery in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, between his parents, Baughn & Luna Stone, is in memory of him."

Link to his memorial page at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific:
Captain Hicks L. Stone

Inscription

In Memory Of

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Oklahoma.



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Created by: Darrell Ames
  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13418157/hicks_lenor-stone: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Hicks Lenor Stone (20 Nov 1919–19 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13418157, citing National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Darrell Ames (contributor 46508097).