Giroir, Elgin Maurice, Cpl

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Last Primary MOS
737-Rifle NCO

Last MOSGroup
WWII SSN/MOS

Primary Unit
1944-1945, 737, A Co, 1st Bn, 27th Marines (1/27)

Service Years
1943 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Louisiana

Year of Birth
1924

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Casualty Info

Home Town New Orleans	Last Address 1335 Joliet Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Casualty Date Feb 27, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Japan	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Garden Of Memories - Metairie, Louisiana	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section M
Military Service Number 841 236

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1945, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1943, Boot Camp (San Diego, CA)

Unit Assignments


	1943-1943, 521, 5th Recruit Training Bn
	1944-1945, 737, A Co, 1st Bn, 27th Marines (1/27)

Formal Schools and Courses


	1943-1943, USMC Parachute School (Company B, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, California)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1945-1945 Western Pacific Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of Iwo Jima

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

PFC Elgin M GIROIR (MCSN: 841236) participated in offensive operations on Iwo Jima Island, Bonin “Volcano” Islands, as a member of the Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, FMF, In the Field from 19 to 27 February, 1945 when he was killed in action against the enemy Japanese forces.