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Casualty Info
Home Town Augusta
Last Address 18 Kendall Street, Augusta, Maine
Casualty Date Oct 12, 1942
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Solomon Islands
Location of Interment Long Island National Cemetery (VA) - Farmingdale, New York
Other Memories Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, HqCo, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “ClkBnCmdr’s ofc; 1, pro; 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.”
Oct 1942 PFC, HqCo, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “1-7, Clk,, BnCmdr’s ofc; 8, Wounded in Action (gun shot wounds, chest & right thigh) at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 8-12, sk, DivFldHosp; 12, died at 9:00am at DivFldHosp, Guadalcanal, B.S.I. fr GSW’s recvd in action on 8; 13, remains interred in grave Row #27, Grave #6, 1stMarDiv Cemetery, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply; Char: Excellent"