Getson, Matthew, Jr., PFC

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Private 1st Class

Last Primary MOS
0311-Rifleman

Last MOSGroup
Infantry

Primary Unit
1943-1943, 0311, I Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Marines (3/8)

Service Years
1942 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Kentucky

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Louisville	Last Address 116 N. Edison Avenue Royal Oak, Michigan

Casualty Date Nov 20, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Kiribati	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Remains declared
Military Service Number 444 664

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	1943, World War II Fallen

1942-1943, 521, 8th Replacement Draft

From Month/Year October / 1942	To Month/Year January / 1943
Unit 8th Replacement Draft Unit Page
Rank Private	MOS 521-Other duty (PFC/Private)
Base, Station or City 8th Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field, Noumea	State/Country New Caledonia

Patch	8th Replacement Draft Details

	Type Artillery
	Parent Unit Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPAC)	Strength Battalion
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 30, 2016

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6 Members Also There at Same Time

8th Replacement Draft

Graves, Willie Ray, PFC, (1942-1943)	OF	521	Private
Kaddatz, Wilbert Arthur, PFC, (1942-1943)	OF	521	Private
Fiegle, Gerald William, MGySgt, (1942-1968)	OF	405	Private
Foust, William Homer, PFC, (1942-1944)	OF	521	Private
Waters, Edward, Cpl, (1942-1944)	OF		Private
Johnson, William Aloysious, PFC, (1936-1944)	3	0311	Private 1st Class