Show carowan parowan paro wan marine killed on okinawa june 17 private brian pendleton 19 and only son of mr and mrs warren pendleton was killed in the battle for the jap island of okinawa on sunday june 17 according to word received from the war department and delivered to them last friday afternoon by bishop W scott day the telegram stated that he was killed june 17 on okinawa group in line of duty while in the service of his country with more word to follow pat pendleton was a member of co B battalion of the regiment in the ath marine division which went ashore on okinawa on april 1 the day the invasion of that wand island began his division with others cleaned out the northern end of the island then moved down to the southern end to continue the battle tor for naha and shur alongside other units of the tenth army his parents heard from him except for receiving a small box ot souvenirs for twelve weeks but received a letter written by him on june 13 a few days after word af his death was received this letter stated that he had been there sev enty five days and at that time had been on the front line for thirty consecutive days and nights sleeping in foxholes in this letter he also stated that the closest he had been hit was when a jap sniper bullet cut off his canteen and belt which he said he was going to send home for a sou venir brian was born on christmas day 1925 and was raised here where he attended school and helped his father operate his farm in the pump well district he graduated from the parowan carowan high school in april 1944 and was indue inducted in aba chati taga themar the mar ine corps on rila may y 30 of that year he was sent to san diego for his first training going from there to camp pendleton at oceanside for his final training for duty overseas he left the states on november 8 just two days before earl hyatt also of the marines who was killed on iwo jima he has been stationed in the south pacific islands prior to embarking ore on the invasion of okinawa pat pendleton is the bilth war casualty for parowan carowan Pa rowan the second marine and also the second member of the graduating class of 1944 froni the parowan carowan high school to give his life for his country brian is Is the fourth grandson of the late H iff esplin of Order Or derville vilIe to be killed in action since april 9 of this year and two more have been wounded arrangements for memorial services are held up pending word of memorial service for another member of the family |