Burrington, Ray, Cpl

Data Systems
 
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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Corporal
Current/Last Primary MOS
4034-Computer Operator
Current/Last MOSGroup
 Data Systems
Primary Unit
1969-1970, 4034, MCB Camp Foster H&S Co Bn, Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC)
Service Years
1968 - 1970
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Corporal

 Official Badges 

US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge US Air Force Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Hardware City; Detachment 781Pound 131 Veterans Administration - My Life, My Story
  1999, American Legion, Post 102 - Dilworth, Cornell, Quey (Manchester, Connecticut)
  2006, Marine Corps League, Hardware City; Detachment 781 (Life Member) (New Britain, Connecticut)
  2008, Military Order of the Devil Dogs, Pound 131 (PDD) (Connecticut)
  2020, Marine Corps League, Peter P. Monaco Jr.; Detachment 40 (Life Member) (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
  2021, Veterans Administration - My Life, My Story
  2021, Veterans Administration - My Life, My Story


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

-retired by merger - Info Sys Mgr
-retired:  computer instructor - Manchester Comm College
-CT Nntl Guard - Military Funerals VSO unit
-caregiver, wife has FTD
   
Other Comments:

MCL 781 Life Member, New Britain CT - Honors Detail team [grave side rifle salutes] M1 Garands  - Wake Detail team [& casket ceremony] ... [2007-2022= 703 funerals; 201 wakes] - handling all services [mostly Marine Veterans] - area = north Central Connecticut, dispatched by CT Nntl Guard.  Scholarship Chr; Budget Cmte; Audit Cmte; WEB Sgt ... [discontuined some due to wife's illness].

MCL 40 - additional join - 2020 Life Member.  Glastonbury CT 

Dept of CT MCL - Sgt at Arms; Tolland Cty Cmdt
MODD - MAD DOG - CT PACK 11 yrs; Pound 131 1 yr+ [thru 2021]
   

 Remembrance Profiles - 2 Marines Remembered
  • Lawson, George, Cpl
  • Rooney, Shelby, Cpl, (1967-1971)

  1968-1969, 4034, Base Communications, HQ Bn
From Month/Year
November / 1968 		To Month/Year
May / 1969
Unit
Base Communications Unit Page
Rank
Lance Corporal		 MOS
4034-Computer Operator
Base, Station or City
San Diego		State/Country
California
  
 
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 Base Communications, HQ Bn Details

Base Communications, HQ Bn
Type
Support 		 
Parent Unit
HQ Bn 		Strength
Not Specified
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Mar 6, 2019
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Moment
-Nam orders chg'd to Okinawa, after staging
-6 mos later= CO of San Diego unit caught and "drummed out" of Corps

Worst Moment
-CO [Capt] made inappropriate advances
-NEXT DAY: orders for Nam with only a few days remaining eligibility
   

Chain of Command
-bad Capt

Other Memories
bailing out "Chief" from TJ [supv - Northwest Indian lineage] ... great guy when sober [always when on duty]
   
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
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18 Members Also There at Same Time
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This Unit Only
Base Communications
Lasley, James, Cpl, (1966-1970) 25 2511 Corporal
Lasley, James, Cpl, (1966-1970) 25 2511 Corporal
BASE SUPPLY
Doremus, Richard, Cpl, (1966-1968) 31 3141 Corporal
Grant, Roger, Cpl, (1964-1968) 30 3051 Corporal
Casual Co
Oland, Spencer, Sgt, (1966-1970) 59 5931 Corporal
HQ Bn
Kean, James, LtCol, (1961-1983) 8 0803 Captain
Howard, Jimmie, 1stSgt, (1950-1977) 8153 Gunnery Sergeant
Babin, Berwick, LtCol, (1966-1993) 3 0311 Sergeant
Davis, Charles, MSgt, (1964-1989) 34 3421 Sergeant
Morton, Dennis, GySgt, (1962-1976) 1 0141 Sergeant
Seely, David, Sgt, (1965-1969) 6741 Sergeant
Thompson, Tom, SSgt, (1965-1974) 15 1521 Corporal
Trowbridge, Ralph, Cpl, (1968-1970) 35 3513 Lance Corporal
Howard, Jimmie E., 1stSgt, (1950-1977) First Sergeant
Judziewicz, John, Cpl, (1964-1968) Corporal
HQ Co
Lane, Walter, Sgt, (1964-1970) 25 2531 Sergeant
Hawkins, Leonard, Cpl, (1968-1974) Private
PMO, MCRD San Diego
Christensen, Kelly, Sgt, (1966-1969) 58 5811 Corporal
Jones, Willie, Cpl, (1967-1969) 1 0111 Corporal

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