If you knew or served with this Marine and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
Casualty Info
Home Town Cleveland
Last Address 1276 W. 112th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Casualty Date Jul 10, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Solomon Islands
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Base, Station or City Casual Det, Casual & Replacement Battalion, 1st Marine Amphib Corps, In the Field, Noumea
State/Country New Caledonia
Patch
I Marine Amphibious Corps (I MAC) Details
The I Marine Amphibious Corps, or I MAC, was a formation of the United States Marine Corps.
It was created on 1 October 1942, with most of the staff transferred from Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet (ACPF). It was then deployed to the South Pacific Area – a U.S.-led multinational military command active during World War II that was a part of the U.S. Pacific Ocean Areas – first to Hawaii, then to New Caledonia.
General Vandegrift carried on in command of the Corps when its next-designated commander for the invasion of Bougainville, Major General Charles D. Barrett, died following a fall from the balcony of his quarters in New Caledonia. General Vandegrift led I MAC during the invasion and was later made the Commandant.
Consisting of the 3rd Marine Division, the 37th Infantry Division of the United States Army, and 8th New Zealand Brigade of the 3rd New Zealand Division, it conducted the invasion of Bougainville.
On 15 April 1944, I MAC was renamed the III Amphibious Corps.
