Leman, Craig Billings, 2ndLt

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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant
Last Primary MOS
0302-Infantry Officer
Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Primary Unit
1944-1946, 5th Marine Division
Service Years
1942 - 1946
Officer Collar Insignia
Second Lieutenant

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Home State
Illinois
Illinois
Year of Birth
1923
 
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Home Town
Chicago
Last Address
Corvallis, Oregon
Date of Passing
Jul 13, 2014
 

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WW II Honorable Discharge Pin


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Last Known Activity:

On  23 July 1942, Lt. Leman enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve while a student at the University of Chicago.  He became part of the Marine Detachment V-12 program at Northeastern University in Evanston. He was assigned to the Platoon Leaders' Unit.

In January 1944, as a Marine private, he received notice to report to Parris Island for recruit training with the 12th Recruit Battalion. 

Following Boot, as a PFC, he attended  Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Camp Lejeune in May 1944 where he received his commission as a 2nd Lt.. He then received additional training at Camp Pendleton, and he was then assigned to the 5th Division on Hawaii. 

In December 1944, assigned to 27th Replacement Draft, 5th Marine Division, FMF, In the Field, The 5th Marine Division joined a large convoy at Pearl Harbor for the 6 week voyage to Iwo Jima abaord the USS Hanford (APA-106).  They landed on the beach on 19 February 1945 at H+2 on Red Beach as part of the shore party.

On 3 March, he fought as a rifle platoon leader during the Battle Iwo Jima with H Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division.  He received a serious head wound by rifle fire, but refused to be evacuated from the beach until he had been relieved by a new platoon commander.  He had earlier rallied the remants of three platoons to advance under heavy fire.  For these actions, he was awarded the Silver Star.

After he recovered from his wounds on Guam and then Hawaii, he rejoined his unit for the occupation of Japan, landing at Sasebo on 22 September 1945. Then to Palau where his unit supervised the repatriation of Japanese troops.

He left active duty in March 1946, and went on in-active reserve status. He became a physician.

Dr. Craig Leman practiced medicine at The Corvallis Clinic, Corvallis, Oregon from 1957 to 1999.  He passed away of heart failure on 13 July 2014 in Corvallis, Oregon.  He was 91.



 

   
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Sources:

"Early Clinic Surgeon Dr. Craig Leman Dies," Clinic Connection, The Corvallis Clinic, Corvallis, Oregon, Volume 12,  page 10., Fall 2010.   also at:   https://www.corvallisclinic.com/news/leman-early-clinic-surgeon-dies-at-91

http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/obituaries/craig-b-leman-m-d/article_47b8f3fa-149e-11e4-b5d4-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.ww2gyrene.org/2ndLt_Craig_Leman_USMCR.html
http://www.ww2gyrene.org/spotlight_main.htm

Cpl. Jessica Ito, "One Man's Battle," Continental Marines, Quarter 4, 2012, pp. 22-25

Marine Corps Muster Rolls, Ancestry.com

   

  1944-1944, 0300, MCRD (Cadre) Parris Island, SC



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Parris Island
State/Country
South Carolina
 
 
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111 Members Also There at Same Time
MCRD (Cadre) Parris Island, SC

Carter, Edward J, MGySgt, (1925-1946) 3 0369 Master Gunnery Sergeant
Hooker, Roger, Capt, (1944-1953) 3 0311 Corporal
Daniels, Frederick Clinton, PFC, (1943-1944) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Bellis, Robert Lewis, Pvt, (1944-1945) 3 0311 Private
Fisher, Morris, CWO2, (1911-1946) 99 9925 Chief Warrant Officer 2
Diamond, Leland Stanford, MGySgt, (1917-1945) 8511 Master Gunnery Sergeant
Dillenbeck, Robert B, PltSgt, (1941-1945) OF 707 Platoon Sergeant
O'Brien, Daniel A, Sgt, (1941-1946) 0 00E Corporal
Beach, Arlene E, PFC, (1944-1945) 1 0143 Private 1st Class
Braman, Robert Varge, Cpl, (1943-1946) 0 0911 Private 1st Class
Galuska, Edward Walter, PFC, (1940-1946) OF Private 1st Class
Laukes, Helen H, PFC, (1943-1945) 35 3531 Private 1st Class
Mathis, Betty Marie, Cpl, (1943-1945) 1 0161 Private 1st Class
Nadeau, Joseph Ralph, PFC, (1943-1944) OF Private 1st Class
Whitesides, Alfred Jetter, PFC, (1943-1945) OF Private 1st Class
Adisey, Anthony John, MSgt, (1943-1973) OF Private
Ballard, William, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 521 Private
Beck, Walter Taft, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 521 Private
Bell, Norman Richard, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 521 Private
Benson, Robert H, PFC, (1943-1945) 0 00E Private
Fields, Arnold S, Cpl, (1943-1946) OF 060 Private
Jones, Dunbar, 2ndLt, (1942-1945) OF 521 Private
DeNormandie, Frank Reed, Col, (1944-1970) 521 Private
Smith, Julian Constable, LtGen, (1909-1946) Major General
Davis, Ralph, Sgt, (1939-1945) Sergeant
Alessi, Sam, Sgt, (1944-1952) Private
Anton, Alfred John, Col, (1942-1947) Private
Baublitz Jr, John Guy, Sgt, (1943-1964) Private
Bearden, Bennie, PFC, (1944-1957) Private
Beasley, Leo, Capt, (1942-1953) OF Private
Bogdan, Joseph Edward, PFC, (1944-1945) Private
Briggs, Richard, PFC, (1944-1945) Private
Burnup, Howard, PFC, (1944-1946) Private
Colella, Louis, Cpl, (1944-1946) Private
Corradino, Dominic, PFC, (1944-1946) Private
Flynn, Walter, Cpl, (1944-1950) Private
Funk, Herbert, PFC, (1943-1946) OF Private
Gaffney, Thomas, Cpl, (1944-1958) Private
Garrett, Warren, Cpl, (1944-1945) Private
Giuffre, Joseph, PFC, (1944-1946) Private
Hebert, Junius, Capt, (1942-1946) Private
Johnson, Carl, PFC, (1944-1945) Private
Kowalczyk, Leo, PFC, (1944-1946) Private
Luyster, Thomas Oliver, Pvt, (1944-1945) Private
Strong, Benjamin, Cpl Private
Yesenko, Thomas, Sgt, (1943-1951) Private
Aison, Max Ray, PFC, (1943-1946) Private 1st Class
Shubert, Thomas, SSgt Private 1st Class
Zullo, Guido, Cpl, (1942-1946) Private 1st Class
Barnowski, Frank, Cpl, (1944-1946) Private
Burroughs, Andrew, Pvt, (1943-1945) Private
Coco, Alfred Joseph, SgtMaj, (1937-1945) Private
Evers, Winford, Cpl, (1944-1952) Private
Greeson, Earnest, PFC, (1944-1945) Private
Knauff, Donald, Cpl, (1944-1946) Private
Persons, Estees George, Cpl, (1944-1946) Private
1st Recruit Training Bn

Norman, Alexander John, Pvt, (1944-1945) 3 0311 Private
Brady, Kenneth Frederick, Cpl, (1944-1946) OF Private 1st Class
Chism, Teddy, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 521 Private

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