Edson, Merritt, MGen

Deceased
 
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Major General
Primary Unit
1947-1947, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
Service Years
1916 - 1947
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  1941-1941, 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)
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- / 1941 		To Month/Year
- / 1941
Unit
1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5) Unit Page
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel		 MOS
Not Specified
Base, Station or City
Quantico		State/Country
United States
  
 
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 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5) Details

1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Infantry Units 		Strength
USMC Battalion
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44  Rush, John (MTWS Asst Chief Admin), GySgt 536 
   

Last Updated: Sep 15, 2005
   
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In June 1941, he was again transferred to Quantico, to command the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, which was redesignated the 1st Separate Battalion in January 1942. The training exercises which he conducted in the succeeding months with Navy high speed transports (APD's) led to the organization of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion in early 1942. This unit was the prototype of every Marine Raider Battalion formed throughout the war. He was promoted to colonel on 21 May 1942.
   
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85 Members Also There at Same Time
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1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)
Noble, Alfred H, Gen, (1917-1956) Lieutenant Colonel
Brown, Robert Samuel, Maj, (1931-1942) Captain
Hanney, Elmo, GySgt, (1918-1945) Gunnery Sergeant
Buse, Jr, Henry William, LtGen, (1934-1970) 3 0302 Captain
Chambers, Justice, Col, (1928-1952) OF 1542 Captain
McIlhenny, Walter, BGen, (1931-1959) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Dismukes, Alvin M, PltSgt, (1924-1942) OF 653 Sergeant
Goss, Angus Robert, MG, (1930-1943) 3 0351 Platoon Sergeant
Casamento, Anthony, Cpl, (1940-1942) 3 0331 Corporal
Culp, William C, 2ndLt, (1939-1943) 3 0311 Corporal
Kacmarcik, Andrew William R, GySgt, (1939-1945) OF Private 1st Class
Harris, Richard Gilbert, PFC, (1940-1950) 3 0300 Private
Day, Richard Maurice, Maj, (1939-1945) Second Lieutenant
Brown, James Private 1st Class
A Co
Curran, Robert, PFC, (1940-1945) Private
Gallagher, Lloyd, GySgt, (1940-1945) OF 707 Gunnery Sergeant
Quigley, John J, PltSgt, (1935-1942) OF 737 Sergeant
Clark, Wallace Jones, PltSgt, (1937-1943) 3 0311 Corporal
Farr, Knight W, Cpl, (1939-1942) OF 653 Corporal
Williams, Leonard Elmer, PltSgt, (1939-1943) 3 0311 Corporal
Barnes, Edwyn E, SSgt, (1940-1960) OF Private 1st Class
Beecher, James William, Cpl, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Cracco, Salvatore Anthony, PFC, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Lassiter, Emory Carter, Sgt, (1940-1944) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Roberts, Raymond Otto, Sgt, (1940-1943) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Williams, Leonard Elmer, PltSgt, (1939-1943) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Richter, Leroy R, Sgt, (1928-1943) 3 0311 Private
Adams, Albert, Pvt, (1942-1945) Private
B Co
Breeding, Eugene, GySgt, (1939-1946) OF 652 Sergeant
Luke, Alexander J, PltSgt, (1934-1942) OF 653 Sergeant
Thompson, Lester O, GySgt, (1924-1942) 3 0369 Platoon Sergeant
Whalen, Joseph James, GySgt, (1937-1945) 0 00E Sergeant
Bergstrand, Wallace Hellgerd, Sgt, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Corporal
Ferguson, LeRoy (n), MSgt, (1935-1957) OF 501 Corporal
Ontjes, Fred, 1stSgt, (1929-1944) OF 653 Corporal
Whalen, Joseph James, GySgt, (1937-1945) OF 745 Corporal
Carney, William Daniel, Cpl, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Floeter, Harold Carl, Sgt, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Messina, James Joseph, PFC, (1941-1944) OF 521 Private 1st Class
Mulford, Robert L, Cpl, (1940-1943) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Renye, Buckley William, PFC, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Williamson, Donald R. R., Cpl, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Mulford, Robert L, Cpl, (1940-1943) 3 0300 Private
Speicher, Elmer L, PFC, (1940-1942) OF 746 Private
C Co
Mayenschein, James F, 1stLt, (1938-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Stark, Jerome James, 1stSgt, (1939-1942) OF 055 Corporal
Stosilavage, George T, Cpl, (1935-1942) 3 0311 Corporal
Carpellotti, Louis J, PFC, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Coleman, Alfred Edwin, Sgt, (1940-1943) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Flynn, Lawrence Holmes, Sgt, (1939-1943) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Holcombe, Richard H, PFC, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private 1st Class
McCutcheon, James A, Cpl, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Miller, Claude W, Cpl, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Rozga, Walter J, Cpl, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Targosz, John, Cpl, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Bowman, Warren George, PFC, (1940-1942) 3 0311 Private
Targosz, John, Cpl, (1940-1942) OF 745 Private
Hunt, Wilfred A, PltSgt, (1940-1946) 521 Private
D Co
Boone, Frank Ogden, Sgt, (1939-1942) OF 745 Corporal

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