Wells, Vernon S, Sgt

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Last Rank
Sergeant
Last Primary MOS
653-Machine Gun Squad Leader
Last MOSGroup
WWII SSN/MOS
Primary Unit
1942-1943, 653, E Co, 2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6)
Service Years
1940 - 1943
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Sergeant

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Home State
Iowa
Iowa
Year of Birth
1917
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Chariton
Last Address
Chariton

Casualty Date
Nov 27, 1943
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Kiribati
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Chariton Cemetery - Chariton , Iowa
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section K Row 7 N-S Grave 45
Military Service Number
302 264

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  1940-1941, 521, 3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)
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Unit
3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors) Unit Page
Rank
Private
MOS
521-Basic Marine, Enlisted
Base, Station or City
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, MCB, San Diego
State/Country
California
 
 
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 3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors) Details

3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)
The 3rd Recruit Training Battalion is composed of four training companies; India, Kilo, Lima and Mike. The recruit training battalion is responsible ensuring that each company is following the procedures set forth by the Recruit Training Regiment. Each company is responsible to follow the standards established by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to train, teach, mentor, and above all lead recruits through a demanding standard-based training system. 51% of all male Marines attend recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California
Type
Support
 
Parent Unit
RTR, MCRD SD
Strength
USMC Battalion
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jan 12, 2023
   
   
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71 Members Also There at Same Time
3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)

Arbuckle, Clarence H, Pvt, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Ardoin, Aristile William, Cpl, (1941-1945) OF 521 Private
Atkinson, Mervel C, PFC, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Baker, James Mendel, Cpl, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Belanger, Joseph Anthony, PFC, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private
Dale, Harry Richard, PFC, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private
Dunn, Durward Ray, Cpl, (1940-1945) OF 521 Private
Eastis, Truman Dozier, Cpl, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private
Eubanks, Joe E, Cpl, (1941-1945) OF 521 Private
Fontaine, Charles M, Cpl, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Fraser, George Wasson, MSgt, (1940-1960) OF 521 Private
Geffert, Lester B, Cpl, (1940-1942) OF 521 Private
Goins, Marvin Francis, Cpl, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Hill, Oren Ralph, PltSgt, (1940-1944) OF 521 Private
Homewood, Thomas Vernon, PltSgt, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private
Horton, Billy R, Cpl, (1941-1945) OF 521 Private
Hurley, Perry O, PFC, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Kauffman, John Wilson, PFC, (1941-1941) OF 521 Private
King, Orveil V, PFC, (1940-1941) OF 521 Private
Lee, Roy Elmer, Pvt, (1940-1941) OF 521 Private
Pahlka, Howard V, PFC, (1940-1944) OF 521 Private
Reeser, George Raymond, Sgt, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Sauer, Charles Alexander, Cpl, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Shea, James L, PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Shockley, Ross Wilson, Cpl, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private
Steinbrenner, Gilbert A, Pvt, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Thill, James Ridge, Maj, (1941-1965) OF 521 Private
Williams, Herbert Franklin, Sgt, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Breithaupt, Marion Walter, PFC, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Cashion, Marvin P, PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
DeHart, Clifford K, AC, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Despierto, Andrew E. L., PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Ehle, Caryol Conrad, PltSgt, (1940-1946) OF Private
Filicky, Frank S, Sgt, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Fiscus, Hobart M, Pvt, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Gates, Harry S, Sgt, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Gilbert, William E, PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Grimm, Elden William, Sgt, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Kerner, Harold Phillip, Cpl, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Luta, Clarence J, PFC, (1940-1942) OF 521 Private
Lyntton, Max J, Pvt, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Miller, Harold E, Cpl, (1940-1943) OF 521 Private
Moran, William E, PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Provost, Jerome Paul, Sgt, (1941-1943) OF Private
Russom, A. P., PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Sileo, Nicholas, PFC, (1940-1945) OF Private
Tongue, Henry Ulysses, PFC, (1941-1945) OF Private
Trero, William S, Cpl, (1941-1945) OF 521 Private
Waldo, William E, Pvt, (1941-1942) OF 521 Private
Whitehurst, James O, PFC, (1941-1943) OF 521 Private
Bourdier, Oscar Joseph, Cpl, (1940-1943) 3 0300 Private
Dale, Harry R, PFC, (1941-1944) 3 0300 Private
Dimon, Emmett L, Sgt, (1941-1943) 3 0300 Private
Eder, Donald Harry, PFC, (1940-1944) 3 0300 Private
Gibson, Thomas E, PFC, (1940-1944) 3 0300 Private
Hopping, Herbert E, Sgt, (1941-1944) 3 0300 Private
Kemp, Aubrey Lee, Sgt, (1940-1944) 3 0300 Private
McCary, Patterson Boone, Cpl, (1940-1944) 3 0300 Private
Moxon, Selmo, PFC, (1941-1944) 3 0300 Private

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