Joseph Louis Tiberio

PFC Joseph L. Tiberio served with the 1st Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO), Fourth Marine Division.
He was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945.
Branch
Marine Corps Regular
Service Number 834955
Current Status
Remains Not Recovered
Pursuit Category
This case is under Active Pursuit by DPAA
Capsule History
Pre-War Life
Birth
May 12, 1922
in Chicago, IL
Parents
Vincent James Tiberio
Margaret (Vece) Tiberio
Education
Crane High School (1940)
Occupation & Employer
Scully-Jones & Co.
Service Life
Entered Service
March 29, 1943
at Chicago, IL
Home Of Record
1409 West Lexington Street
Chicago, IL
Next Of Kin
Mother, Mrs. Margaret Tiberio
Military Specialty
Radioman (MOS 776)
Individual Decorations
Purple Heart
Loss And Burial
Circumstances Of Loss
Joseph Tiberio, a veteran JASCO radio operator, landed at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. At some point during his first hours ashore, Tiberio was critically wounded in action. He was treated by a hospital corpsman and brought to an evacuation station on Beach Yellow 2. Unfortunately, his wounds were too severe and Tiberio died while waiting for a boat to take him away from Iwo.
Eyewitnesses reported recognizing Tiberio’s body on a stretcher at the evacuation station on the morning of 20 February 1945, but not thereafter. It is not known what became of the remains after that time; he may have been moved or buried by persons unknown.
Burial Information or Disposition
Unknown; remains not recovered.
Memorials
Next Of Kin Address
Address of mother, Margaret Tiberio
Location Of Loss
Tiberio was last seen on a stretcher on the left flank of Beach Yellow 2, Iwo Jima