Chamberlin, William, Maj

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Last Rank
Major
Last Primary MOS
0302-Infantry Officer
Last MOSGroup
 Infantry
Primary Unit
1942-1945, 0302, 2nd Marine Division
Service Years
1940 - 1960
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Home State
Illinois
Illinois
 
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Chicago

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  1942-1945, 0302, 2nd Marine Division
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2nd Marine Division

The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and headquartered at Julian C. Smith Hall.

The 2nd Marine Division earned renown in World War II, distinguishing itself at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa

The lineal forebearer of the 2nd Marine Division is the 2nd Marine Brigade, which was activated on 1 July 1936 at San Diego, California.

The 2nd Marine Division was officially organized on February 1, 1941 at Camp Elliott, California by change of designation from the 2nd Marine Brigade.
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2nd Marine Division
Barr, Joseph James, Capt, (1941-1945) 3 0302 Captain
Bray, William, Col, (1941-1967) 3 0302 Captain
Joslyn, William, MGen, (1942-1976) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Magruder III, John Holmes, Col, (1942-1952) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
McNeil, John Paul, Col, (1942-1969) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Voorhees, Robert, Maj, (1941-1960) 3 0302 Second Lieutenant
Creel, John B, 2ndLt, (1940-1944) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Spooner, Richard T, Maj, (1942-1972) 3 0369 Staff Sergeant
Beers, Elmer Leroy, Sgt, (1942-1945) 3 0311 Sergeant
Cahill, John, Sgt, (1935-1943) 3 0311 Sergeant
Golas, Stanley, Sgt, (1939-1945) 3 0311 Sergeant
Goodman, Kenneth Dale, PltSgt, (1939-1945) 3 0311 Platoon Sergeant
Johnson, Charles, LtCol, (1940-1967) 3 0311 Sergeant
Lilly, Charles, Sgt, (1942-1946) 3 0311 Sergeant
Thorpe, Jesse, Capt, (1942-1958) 3 0369 Sergeant
Beck, Glen, Cpl, (1942-1945) 3 Corporal
Belfus, Isaac, Cpl, (1943-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Conger, Richard, Cpl, (1944-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Corcoran, Thomas, Cpl, (1944-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Gaskill, Ray, Cpl, (1943-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Jones, Robert, Cpl, (1942-1946) 3 0300 Corporal
Keith, James, Cpl, (1944-1946) 3 0300 Corporal
Lilly, Charles, Sgt, (1942-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
O'Leary, Vernon, Cpl, (1942-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Potvin, Lucien, Cpl, (1943-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Voorheis, William, Cpl, (1942-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Adams, Delmar, PFC, (1942-1946) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Adams, William, PFC 3 0331 Private 1st Class
Bernard, Joseph A, Cpl, (1942-1945) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Christianson, Stanley, PFC, (1942-1950) 3 0300 Private 1st Class
Johnston, Robert Woodrow, PFC, (1943-1946) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Mueller, Clifford L, PFC, (1943-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
MUSSO, GASPER, PFC, (1943-1945) 3 0300 Private 1st Class
Palmer, Robert, PFC, (1942-1945) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Perry, Lowell Tom, Cpl, (1944-1946) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Reiff, Gerald, CDR, (1944-1982) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Riggin, James Malcolm, PFC, (1942-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Gipson, Howard, Pvt 3 0311 Private
Keeshan, Robert James, PFC, (1945-1946) 3 0311 Private
Patrick, Billie R., PFC, (1943-1945) 3 0311 Private
TUCKER, Ernest Eugene, Pvt, (1942-1943) 3 0311 Private
Marston, John, MGen, (1908-1946) 8003 Major General
Watson, Thomas Eugene, LtGen, (1912-1950) 99 9903 Major General
Good, George Franklin, LtGen, (1923-1958) OF 2019 Colonel
Miller, Lyle H, BGen, (1914-1945) OF 1542 Colonel
Weede, Richard Garfield, LtGen 8 0802 Lieutenant Colonel
Brown, Kenneth Lyndon, Capt, (1940-1943) 8 0802 Captain
Bishop, Ferdinand William, Maj, (1935-1943) 0 00X First Lieutenant
Paull, William T., Capt, (1942-1955) 8 0802 Second Lieutenant
Zavala, Alfred, Capt, (1937-1945) 18 1801 Second Lieutenant
Waddick, John, MSgt, (1927-1957) 23 2336 Technical Sergeant (Grade 2)
Hatch, Norman, Maj, (1940-1979) 46 4671 Technical Sergeant
Flood, James, Sgt, (1942-1946) 21 2161 Staff Sergeant
Muir, Joseph Eugene, LtCol, (1945-1965) 2 0231 Staff Sergeant
Bassolino, Anthony, Sgt, (1943-1946) 59 5943 Sergeant
Colbert, Russell, Sgt, (1927-1946) 25 2512 Sergeant
Filakovsky, Joseph, TSgt, (1943-1951) Sergeant
Grant, Jack, Sgt, (1940-1945) OF 707 Sergeant
Kouklis, Andrew, Sgt, (1943-1946) OF 603 Sergeant

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