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Marine MSgt Harley Jenkins.
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Contact Info
Last Address Anderson, South Carolina
Date of Passing Jan 29, 1988
Location of Interment Riverside National Cemetery (VA) - Riverside, California
The 21st Marine Regiment was activated on July 14, 1942, at Camp Elliot, San Diego, California, but was actually organized at New River, North Carolina. Many of the first members of the regiment came from the 6th Marine Regiment. They were assigned to the 3rd Marine Division, however from January to June 1943 they were an independent regiment. During the war, the regiment took part in the Battle of Bougainville, Battle of Guam and the Battle of Iwo Jima. Following the Japanese surrender, 21st Marines moved to Guam where they were inactivated on December 20, 1945
