The Terrible Death Of Charles Joseph Berry of Lorain, Honoring Him For His Services During WWII.


Charles Joseph Berry of Lorain, OH, a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the  Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima on March 3, 1945.


Berry enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 1941 and deployed overseas in March 1943. 


He joined the newly organized 5th Marine Division in early 1944 and was advanced to corporal in July 1944. Berry landed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945.


 On March 3, 1945,  Berry dove on top of a grenade thrown in his foxhole to save the lives of his fellow Marines. He was just 21 years old.


He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on this day. Berry was initially buried in the 5th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima but was later reinterred in Elmwood Cemetery in Lorain, OH, in 1948.


The Erie Avenue Bridge in Lorain, OH, was renamed the Charles Berry Bridge in 1988 in honor of Cpl Berry. The destroyer escort USS Charles Berry was named in his honor.

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