Pike County AlArchives Obituaries.....Carlisle, Max King March 8, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Folmar Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00033.html#0008183 March 24, 2017, 9:43 am Obituary Collection of Kathlyn J Folmar CARLISLE, MAX KING (b. 3-13-1925 – d. 3-8-1945 WWII) Funeral services for Max King Carlisle, 19, who died Mar. 8, 1945, were held at Elam Church North of Goshen, Ala., on Sun., with Rev. W. T. Davidson of Midway officiating. [Date of service not available but could have been some months after his death.] Mr. Carlisle was a private in the 5th U.S. Marine Corps and had been in combat on the island of Iwo Jima only 17 days when he died from wounds received in action. He had enlisted in June 1944 and received boot training at Paris Island, S.C. He was sent to New River, N.C., and to Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. – then in November 1944 to the Hawaiian Islands. He received additional training at Pearl Harbor and landed on Iwo Jima, Japan on February 19, 1945. Military services at the grave were conducted by Chaplain David Wilkinson and members of the VFW, American Legion, and National Guard. McGehee Funeral Home was in charge. Mr. Carlisle is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary [F. King] Carlisle of Troy Route 1; three brothers, Rex and Jack Carlisle of Troy Route 1, and Robert Carlisle of Montgomery; and a sister, Miss Sara Nell Carlisle of Troy Route 1. His father was James Robert Carlisle. Newspaper Article about Pvt. Carlisle’s Death and Notification of His Mother: Mrs. Mary K. Carlisle of Troy Route 1 has been notified by General A. A. Vandegrift, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, that her son, Private Max K. Carlisle, died on March 8, 1945, of wounds received in action at Iwo Jima Island and in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. The mother of the young Pike County Marine who gave his life in defense of his country received the following letter of condolence from Major General D. Peck, Acting Commandant of the United States Marine Corps: “My dear Mrs. Carlisle: “It is a source of profound regret to me and to his comrades in the Marine Corps that your son, Private Max King Carlisle, United States Marine Corps Reserve, lost his life in action against the enemies of his country, and I wish to express my deepest sympathy to you and members of your family in your great loss. “There is little I can say to lessen your grief but it is my earnest hope that the knowledge of your son’s splendid record in the service and the thought that he nobly gave his life in the performance of his duty may in some measure comfort you in this sad hour. “Sincerely yours, D. Peck, Major General.” Additional Comments: The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought February 19 to March 26, 1945, when the U. S. Marines landed and after several weeks captured the island from the Japanese. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/pike/obits/c/carlisle2269gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb