Newton, George Richard, Col

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Colonel
Primary Unit
1950-1950, 0302, 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)
Service Years
1938 - 1962
Officer Collar Insignia
Colonel

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Home State
Utah
Utah
 Year of Birth
1915
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Cpl Elizabeth Davis to remember Marine Col George Richard Newton.

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Home Town
Salt Lake City
Date of Passing
Apr 15, 1993		  

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Last Known Activity:

As Pearl Harbor was being attacked,  203 United States Marines in northern China were surrounded and captured by the Japanese.  They spent from that day until mid September of 1945 as prisoners of war.
   
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Last Updated: Feb 25, 2009
   
   
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MarDet Tientsin-Peking
McLeod, Kenneth, LtCol, (1935-1944) First Lieutenant
Kirkpatrick, Edward Lewis, MSgt, (1938-1950) 8151 Corporal
Ramsey, Marvin, Cpl, (1939-1946) Private 1st Class
Brown, Luther, Col, (1921-1946) 3 0302 Major
Davis, Jack, SgtMaj, (1922-1946) 99 9999 Sergeant Major
McVittie, Ernest Chester, PltSgt, (1930-1944) 3 0369 Platoon Sergeant
Buckland, Irving Francis, Capt, (1936-1957) OF 430 Corporal
Eaton, Louis Merl, Cpl, (1923-1942) 3 0311 Corporal
Harris, Adrian Forrest, Sgt, (1938-1944) 3 0311 Corporal
Timpany, David Alexander, SSgt, (1940-1946) 3 0311 Corporal
Clubine, Robert Melton, PFC, (1938-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Fowler, Harry Park, Cpl, (1939-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Murray, Sylvester Elmo, Cpl, (1938-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Prater, Frank, Cpl, (1939-1945) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Ruzicka, Albert, Cpl, (1938-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Sitton, Quentin Ray, PFC, (1938-1942) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Bogart, Irvin Deloss, SSgt, (1936-1943) OF 522 Private
Lease, Raymond Elmo, PFC, (1939-1944) 3 0311 Private

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