Service Number: 541247

Marine Corps Reserve

Enlisted: (unknown)

Platoon: Rifle

Hometown: Hillside, NJ

Next Of Kin: Parents, Mr & Mrs Joseph Dill Sr.

Born: unknown
Died: March 16, 1945

Campaigns Served: Iwo Jima (killed)
Highest Rank Attained: Private First Class
Decorations:
Purple Heart

Joseph Dill joined Charlie Company as a BAR gunner in the fall of 1944.

He was killed in action on the last day of his company's involvment in the battle of Iwo Jima - March 16, 1945. Dill's parents received his Purple Heart and a posthumous Silver Star - both earned at the cost of their son's life.