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Casualty Info
Home Town Louisville
Last Address 3105 Dumesnil Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Casualty Date Sep 14, 1942
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Solomon Islands
Location of Interment New Albany National Cemetery (VA) - New Albany, Indiana
Other Memories Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Jan 1942 Pvt, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC “21Nov41; 16, jdfr 15th ProvMarCo, MB, Quantico, Va.”
Apr 1942 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Msm.; 1 only at McKay’s Crossing Camp, Paekakariki, N.Z.; 2, emb on bd USS FULLER at Wellington, N.Z., 2-21, at Wellington, N.Z.; 22-27, at sea; 28 only, at Suva, Fiji; 29-31, at sea, enroute to Solomon Islands.”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “7-31, engaged in action against enemy Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, B.S.I.”
Sep 1942 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “1-14, engaged in action against enemy Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 14, killed in action at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply; Char Exc; remains interred in Plot ?, Row 14, Grave 7, 1st MarDiv Cemetery, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; Not misconduct, in the line of duty.”
