Shepherd, James, Cpl

Infantry
 
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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Corporal
Current/Last Primary MOS
0311-Rifleman
Current/Last MOSGroup
 Infantry
Previously Held MOS
0369-Infantry Unit Leader
0317-Scout-Sniper
Primary Unit
1965-1965, 0311, B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)
Service Years
1965 - 1969
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Corporal
One Hash Mark

 Official Badges 

French Fourragere


 Unofficial Badges 




 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Being the best ME that I can possibly be! Workshop / Seminar Leader/ Conference Leader; Church Discipleship Training for Men
   
Other Comments:

Having the courage to succeed and the will to prepare to win! (from Basketball coach - Mr. Bobby Knight)
   
  1967-1968, 0369, 2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6)
From Month/Year
January / 1967 		To Month/Year
June / 1968
Unit
2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6) Unit Page
Rank
Corporal		 MOS
0369-Infantry Unit Leader
Base, Station or City
Camp LeJeune		State/Country
North Carolina
  
 
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 2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6) Details

2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6) 		2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Also known as "The Ready Battalion" or "2/6 Spartans", it consists of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors and falls under the command of the 6th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.

The mission of the battalion is to locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or repel the enemy's assault with fire and close combat.
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Infantry Units 		Strength
USMC Battalion
Created/Owned By
25  Fullarton, Michael (Program), Sgt 99 
   

Last Updated: Jul 7, 2009
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Robert Fredricks (LA); William Whitlock (Philly; Jimmy Mack (ChiTown); Crash (NC); Cornell Gaten (Houston); James Levy (Houston-Deceased);

Best Moment
Seeing Earl 'the Pearl" Monroe play basketball in 1967 at Winston-Salem State Univ in North Carolina. He later signed with the NBA Bullets and then to the Knicks playing with Walt (Clyde) Frazier.
   

Worst Moment
The assassination of Martin Luther King on 4/4/1968. The state of affairs on Vieques, Puerto Rico!
   
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86 Members Also There at Same Time
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2nd Bn, 6th Marines (2/6)
Gracida, Joaquin, Col, (1958-1992) 3 0302 Captain
Laird, Douglas, Capt, (1962-1970) 3 0302 Captain
Brown, Stewart, 1stLt, (1966-1970) 3 0301 First Lieutenant
Morrison, Charles, Capt, (1965-1975) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Drobny, Donald, Capt, (1962-1968) 3 0302 Second Lieutenant
James, Robert, MSgt, (1968-1978) 3 0326 Master Sergeant
Bell, John Lee, GySgt, (1957-1982) 3 0321 Gunnery Sergeant
Barnette, Wallace, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 Sergeant
Bonner, Timothy, Sgt, (1955-1969) 3 0311 Sergeant
Clark, Ronald, Sgt, (1962-1968) 3 0311 Sergeant
Cox, Lenard, Sgt, (1964-1968) 3 0341 Sergeant
Infinger, Donnie, Sgt, (1966-1969) 3 0351 Sergeant
Ingersoll, Dennis, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 0311 Sergeant
Lomoriello, Anthony, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Sergeant
Moore, Howard, Sgt, (1964-1967) 3 0331 Sergeant
Newcomb, Michael, Sgt, (1962-1967) 3 0311 Sergeant
Tillotson, Geoffrey, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Sergeant
Walters, Charles, Sgt, (1965-1970) 3 0311 Sergeant
Bennett, Andrew, Cpl, (1964-1967) 3 0300 Corporal
Boullt, Craig, Sgt, (1964-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Callahan, Allen, Cpl, (1964-1968) 3 0351 Corporal
Cassidy Jr., Maurice J., Cpl, (1964-1968) 3 0331 Corporal
Chesna, Julius, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Cox, Charles, GySgt, (1965-1985) 3 0341 Corporal
Eudy, Jay, Cpl, (1963-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Gamble, Bob, Cpl, (1966-1972) 3 0331 Corporal
Gillespie, John, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Gonzalez, Alfredo Cantu, Sgt, (1965-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Hickman, Philip, PFC, (1965-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Jones, Dennis, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Jones, Dennis, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Jones, Dennis, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Lively, Marion, LCpl, (1964-1968) 3 0331 Corporal
Mainville, Norman, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0341 Corporal
Marron Jr., Thomas, MGySgt, (1966-1996) 3 0331 Corporal
McCall, Billie Ray, Sgt, (1963-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
McCloud, James, Cpl, (1967-1969) 3 0341 Corporal
Muir, John, Sgt, (1965-1971) 3 0311 Corporal
Pecori, John, Cpl, (1964-1968) 3 0341 Corporal
Richardson, Joe, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Robinson, Samuel, MSgt, (1964-1994) 3 0311 Corporal
Schillag, Edward, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Sneed, Gary, Cpl, (1965-1969) 3 0341 Corporal
Teaman, Eddie, Cpl, (1964-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Bley, Bruce, LCpl, (1967-1970) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Burns, Kenneth, Sgt, (1965-1971) 3 0341 Lance Corporal
Lane, Steven, SSgt, (1965-1990) 3 0341 Lance Corporal
Saleski, Robert, SSgt, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Scott, John, LCpl, (1967-1969) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Seals, Ed, Cpl, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Zegarowski, Gary, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Honan, Lawrence, LCpl, (1966-1969) 3 Private 1st Class
Hroszowy, Stanley, LCpl, (1967-1969) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Mack, Rick, PFC, (1966-1970) 3 0331 Private 1st Class
Sweeney, Daniel, Cpl, (1966-1969) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
White, Charles, PFC, (1963-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Pearson, Larry, Pvt, (1968-1971) 3 0311 Private
Petrone, John, Pvt, (1965-1969) 3 0311 Private
Bauer, Jon, Sgt, (1965-1969) 25 2533 Sergeant

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