Cannon, Lawrence, GySgt

Infantry
 
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 Service Details
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Current Service Status
USMC Retired
Current/Last Rank
Gunnery Sergeant
Current/Last Primary MOS
0369-Infantry Unit Leader
Current/Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Previously Held MOS
0300-Basic Infantryman
0311-Rifleman
8151-Guard
8156-Marine Security Guard
7577-Weapons and Tactics Instructor
0193-Personnel/Administrative Chief
9999-Sergeant Major/First Sergeant
Primary Unit
1977-1987, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
Service Years
1957 - 1977
Other Languages
German
Hebrew
Urdu
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Golden Dragon Certificate
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Gunnery Sergeant
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

French Fourragere USMC Retired Pin


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Dragon Cold War Medal Shellback Weapons and Tactics Instructor

Vietnam 50th Anniversary Tet Offensive Commemorative Medal Vietnam Era Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Rifle Association (NRA)Disabled American Veterans (DAV)Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)Marine Embassy Guard Association (MEGA)
American LegionMarine Corps Heritage FoundationPost 8154, George R. Baxmann Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
  1975, National Rifle Association (NRA)
  2007, Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
  2007, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
  2007, Marine Embassy Guard Association (MEGA)
  2008, American Legion
  2008, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
  2009, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 8154, George R. Baxmann (United States)
  2009, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)


 Remembrance Profiles - 12 Marines Remembered

  1963-1965, 8156, MSG Det Karachi, Pakistan



From Month/Year
- / 1963
To Month/Year
- / 1965
Unit
MSG Det Karachi, Pakistan Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant
MOS
8156-Marine Security Guard
Base, Station or City
Karachi
State/Country
Pakistan
 
 
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 MSG Det Karachi, Pakistan Details

MSG Det Karachi, Pakistan
Type
MSG/Security
 
Parent Unit
Marine Security Guard (MSG)
Strength
USMC Detachment
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 5, 2009
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Moment
Getting married Jan 1965 to my WRAF girlfriend from Cyprus, in London, UK. I still had to go back to Karachi by myself for another 3 months and a belated Honeymoon in London in April. Spring my butt, froze it off and got the Hong Kong Flu.

Worst Moment
Arriving at Karachi the day JFK was killed, then standing Condolence Post at the Ambassador's residence the next day. What made it worse was that I knew no one and could not speak a word of Urdu.

   

Other Memories
Being on Running Guard for over 6 months for lack of a full detachment (3 short out of 10)

Det. mascot German Shepherd "Tamerlane"

   
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