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Contact Info
Home Town Sheboygan, WI
Last Address Tularosa, NM
Date of Passing May 24, 2016
Location of Interment Fort Bliss National Cemetery (VA) - Fort Bliss, Texas
The organization took shape at Parris Island, South Carolina, under Major George F. Good, Jr.; Colonel Lloyd L. Leech took over in April; and Lieutenant Colonel Jesse L. Perkins in December 1940. Colonel William H. Rupertus commanded the unit when it deployed in February 1941 to defend the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Under Colonel Harold S. Fasset, the battalion arrived in the Pacific in time to become one of the Rainbow Five. Its strength was divided between Pearl Harbor and Midway, and helped defend both bases against Japanese attacks on 7 December. The unit deployed in March 1942 to Efate and Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides, It moved in July 1943 to New Zealand and then to Guadalcanal before landing in August 1943 at Vella Lavella in support of the I Marine Amphibious Corps. After becoming the 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on 15 May 1944, the unit returned to Guadalcanal in June but ended the war on Okinawa. arriving there in April 1945.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Midway Island
New Hebrides Islands
New Zealand
Guadalcanal
Vella Lavella
Peleliu
Okinawa
Chain of Command LOCATIONS
Guantanomo Bay, Cuba
Crisabol, Canal Zone
Pearl Harbor, HI
Vila, Efate, New Hebredies
Memorial Park Camp, Masterton, New Zealand
