Monument Details

Asan Bay Landing Memorial Wall

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Details:

The left end of the wall is directly next to the steps that lead down toward the bay. Monument

These black granite tablets with white inscription bear the names of the 1,880 American troops who died defending the island in 1941 and then retaking it in 1944, the 1,170 people of Guam who died, and the 14,721 natives of Guam who suffered under the Japanese. The monument honors a total of 17,771 individuals.

In July 1944 the US Navy Task Force 53 landed III Amphibious Corps (General Roy Geiger) consisting of the 3rd Marine Division General Allen H. Turnage), 1st Provisional Marine Brigade Colonel Lemuel Shepherd , and the 77th Infantry Division (General Andrew 'AD' Bruce landed on Guam; by August 8, 1944 the island was declared liberated.

The senior officer killed during the battle was Colonel Douglas McNair, Chief of Staff of the 77th Infantry Division. Colonel McNair was the only son of LTG Leslie McNair who was killed two weeks earlier near St. Lo, France during Operation Cobra.

Monument Text:

For a list of names on the memorial wall, see the US National Park Service Asan Bay Overlook website.

Commemorates:

People:

Michael Joseph Abbrid

Cephus J. Abels

Edwin Allan “Ed” Abraham

Gerald Theodore Abrahamson

Daniel Junior Acheff

Caesare Fredrick Adami

James Rivers Adams

John Abram Adams

Oliver Robert Adams

Waldo Bertrand Adams

William Curtis "Bill" Adams

Ronald Clair Alborn

Richard Keller Alderfer

Arthur Jennings Alexander

James Harvey, Jr. Alexander

Daniel Francis Alfano

John Robert Allen

Lawrence Walter Allen

Philip Edmund Allen

Robert Eugene Allison

Anthony Altieri

Jesus Ramirez Alviso

Michael Elias Amar

Jesse Willis Amey

Maurice R. Amundson

Arthur Joseph Anderson

Buel E. Anderson

Charles Victor Anderson

Donald George Anderson

Edward C. Anderson

Harry Edward Anderson

John Clarence, Jr. Anderson

John Martin Anderson

Ralph Gardner Anderson

Roy E. Anderson

Roy Wilton Anderson

Joseph Andraski

Christopher A. Andrews

Peter Nicholas Andrews

Vincent Louis Ansaloni

Joseph Lee Ansell

John William Ant

Henry Grady Anthony

Robert John Anthony

Manuel Porraz Antunez

Marion Henry Apple

Joseph Willis Arabie

Units:

12th Marine Regiment

1st Marines

1st Provisional Marine Brigade

21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division

22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade

22nd Marines

305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division

307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division

3rd Marine Division

3rd Marine Regiment

4th Marine Regiment

5th US Fleet

77th Infantry Division

9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division

III Amphibious Corps

Task Force 53

U.S.S. Penguin

United States Army

United States Marine Corps

United States Navy

Wars:

WWII

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