Adams, George Frank, PFC

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Final Rank
Private 1st Class
Last MOS
0311-Rifleman
Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Primary Unit
1944-1945, 521, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines (1/28)
Service Years
1944 - 1945
Private 1st Class

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Home State
Colorado
Colorado
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Englewood, CO
Last Address
2700 So. Clarkson St.
Englewood, CO

Casualty Date
Mar 10, 1945
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Unknown, Not Reported
Location
Japan
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Fairmount Cemetery - Denver, Colorado
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section No 1/3 Lot 131, Block 72

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  1943-1945, 0311, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines (2/28)



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- / 1943
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Unit
2nd Battalion, 28th Marines (2/28) Unit Page
Rank
Private 1st Class
MOS
0311-Rifleman
Base, Station or City
Iwo Jima
State/Country
Japan
 
 
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 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines (2/28) Details

2nd Battalion, 28th Marines (2/28)
The 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment (2nd Battalion, 28th Marines) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The battalion (inactive since the Vietnam War) which is part of the 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Six Marines of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines were featured in the historical photo by Joe Rosenthal of the U.S. flag raising on top of Mount Suribachi.
 

Subordinate units

World War II
  • Headquarters Company
  • Dog Company
  • Easy Company
  • Foxtrot Company
  • Weapons Company
Vietnam War
  • Headquarters Company
  • Delta Company
  • Echo Company
  • Fox Company
  • Weapons Company

History

World War II

Early days

The 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment was activated at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in February 1944 as part of the 5th Marine Division. Many of the battalion's personnel came from the recently inactivated 3rd and 4th Parachute Battalions. In September of that year, the division sent to Hawaii to begin training for combat in the Pacific theater.

 

Type
Infantry
 
Parent Unit
Infantry Units
Strength
USMC Battalion
Created/Owned By
25  Fullarton, Michael D.R. (Program), Sgt 107 
   

Last Updated: Aug 16, 2017
   
   
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203 Members Also There at Same Time
2nd Battalion, 28th Marines (2/28)

Pease, Wayne Leroy, 1stLt, (1942-1952) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Zacharias, Charles, PFC, (1944-1946) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Haynes, Fred, MGen, (1942-1977) 3 0302 Captain
Severance, David, Col, (1938-1968) 3 0302 Captain
Tuttle, Albert Theodore, 1stLt, (1943-1946) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Wells, John Keith, Maj, (1942-1959) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Young, Leonard Roscoe, MSgt, (1936-1966) 3 0369 First Sergeant
Adams, William, PFC 3 0331 Private 1st Class
Johnson, Chandler Wilce, LtCol, (1929-1945) 99 9906 Lieutenant Colonel
Whisler, Maurice Leland, WO, (1929-1949) OF 4110 Warrant Officer
Slifka, Edward J, SSgt, (1942-1946) 33 3371 Staff Sergeant
Ludvick, Martin, Cpl, (1941-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Skelton, John Alton, Cpl, (1943-1945) 33 3371 Corporal
Vaughan, Luther, Cpl, (1943-1945) 33 3371 Corporal
Boyd, George Wesley, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Carnine, Herman Louis, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 533 Private 1st Class
Dietzler, Sylvester Leo, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 737 Private 1st Class
Kutchma, John Joseph, Cpl, (1943-1946) 0 00E Private 1st Class
Roberts, Victor G, PFC, (1942-1946) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Bradt, John Henry, Pvt, (1943-1945) OF 746 Private
Phillips, George, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 521 Private
EMERY, GREG, HM3, (1942-1945) 0 HM-8404 Hospital Corpsman Third Class Petty Officer
Keller, Howard Paul, Cpl, (1941-1945) 521 Corporal
McMillen, Arvel J, Cpl 521 Corporal
Wheeler, Richard, Cpl, (1941-1945) 521 Corporal
Wheeler, Richard, Cpl, (1941-1945) 521 Corporal
Espenes, Kenneth, SSgt, (1944-1956) 521 Private 1st Class
Mooney, Leonard, PFC, (1943-1946) 521 Private 1st Class
Winters, Dean Gail, Pvt, (1942-1945) 521 Private
Warner, Howard C, TSgt (Grade 2), (1943-1956) 3 Sergeant
Girman, Michael, FM1, (1941-1946) OF Field Music Corporal
Hackler, Glen, PFC, (1943-1945) OF Private 1st Class
James, George, Cpl, (1942-1946) 25 Private 1st Class
Smith, John Benson, Cpl, (1943-1945) Corporal
Strong, Benjamin, Cpl Corporal
Blow, Lloyd, PFC, (1943-1945) Private 1st Class
Freel, James, Pvt, (1943-1946) Private 1st Class
D Company

Wilson, George Loewer, 1stLt, (1943-1946) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
Worrey, Herbert Stanley, 2ndLt, (1942-1945) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
Fitzgerald, Charles Leo, Sgt, (1942-1945) OF 737 Sergeant
Soto, Stanley Howard, Sgt, (1942-1945) OF 737 Sergeant
Volz, Charles, Sgt, (1942-1945) OF 737 Sergeant
Zubal, Milton Howard, Sgt, (1940-1946) OF 737 Sergeant
Copfer, Robert Kimman, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 533 Corporal
Dunn, Durward Ray, Cpl, (1940-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Hallmark, Floyd Vaughan, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Pittman, Richard Leo, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Brady, Ralph J, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Broughton, Kenneth, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Carriveau, Orville Earl, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Choate, George William, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 675 Private 1st Class
Crazythunder, Clement Paul, PFC, (1942-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Daugherty, Thomas J, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Edwards, Lawrence Arthur, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Evans, Harold Eugene, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 604 Private 1st Class
Habak, John, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Hauter, John Edward, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Jackson, Robert, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Karie, Robert John, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class

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