Battalion History, January 11

Today in Battalion history:

Births:
1909 - William W. Comer (Able Company) born in Knoxville, TN.
1909 - Aquilla James Dyess (HQ Company) born in Anderson, GA.
1913 - Edward John Horan (Able Company) born in Shenandoah, PA.
1914 - Frank August Harder (Charlie Company) born in Queens, NY.
1921 - Frank L. Bagiotti (Baker Company) born in Landisville, NJ.
1923 - Andrew Zihar (Charlie Company) born in Pennsylvania.
1926 - Roland K. Jennings (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) born in Lincoln, MO.
1927 - Harold Gene Brunson (Able Company) born in Decatur, IL.

Wartime:
1944 - PFC James E. McAdams (Able Company) joined from H&S Company, 24th Marines.
1944 - PFC Joseph Anthony Maffioli (Able Company) admitted to USNH San Diego.
1944 - PFC Eugene O. McFarlin (Charlie Company) admitted to USNH San Diego.
1944 - PFC Herbert Bowers Newman (Baker Company) joined from H&S Company, 24th Marines.
1944 - PFC Anselm G. Saltarelli (Baker Company) joined from Camp Elliott.
1944 - Private Kenneth E. Imhof (Charlie Company) joined from H&S Company, 24th Marines.
1944 - PhM3c Lloyd G. Smith (Naval Medical Section) transferred to 3/24.
1944 - PhM3c Elmer H. Wilkinson (Naval Medical Section) transferred to 3/24.

Promoted, 1944
Able Company
Corporal Dallas Merritt Colburn promoted to Sergeant.
Corporal Kermit Shaw promoted to Sergeant.
PFC George F. Svoboda promoted to Corporal.
Private Carl Joseph Willenborg promoted to PFC.

Baker Company
Corporal Stanley T. Homewood promoted to Sergeant.
Corporal Fred B. Penninger promoted to Sergeant.
PFC Donald L. Fitzpatrick promoted to Corporal.
PFC Roy E. Husner promoted to Corporal.
PFC Robert Koch promoted to Corporal.
Private Otto Henry Becker promoted to PFC.
Private Robert Lee Breslin promoted to PFC.
Private Murray Bower promoted to PFC.
Private Clifford A. Cederleaf promoted to PFC.
Private James B. Cochran promoted to PFC.
Private James H. Faircloth promoted to PFC.
Private Homer Lee Hager, Jr. promoted to PFC.
Private Robert Max Halligan promoted to PFC.
Private Elmer R. Hensley promoted to PFC.
Private Ripley George Judice promoted to PFC.
Private Arnold E. Kennedy promoted to PFC.
Private George L. May promoted to PFC.
Private Jack D. McCormick promoted to PFC.
Private James Marlow Morgan promoted to PFC.
Private Lee Lowry Parker, Jr promoted to PFC.
Private Loyd Pittman promoted to PFC.
Private Edward Pretaboir promoted to PFC.
Private Donald John Rader promoted to PFC.
Private Harold Roy Rediske promoted to PFC.
Private Henry Jake Reiker promoted to PFC.
Private Francis John Reynolds promoted to PFC.
Private Wendell C. Ricker promoted to PFC.
Private Jeff Rodriguze promoted to PFC.
Private Donald M. Rothweiler promoted to PFC.
Private James Brooks Shearin promoted to PFC.
Private Robert Warran Swanson promoted to PFC.
Private Edward Ronald Vaid promoted to PFC.
Private Frank H. Vargas promoted to PFC.
Private Jerome Morris Verschaeve promoted to PFC.
Private Glenn Lawrenece Wolfe promoted to PFC.

Charlie Company
Corporal Joseph B. Cowan promoted to Sergeant.
Corporal Ansel Darby promoted to Sergeant.
PFC Joe William Browning promoted to Corporal.
PFC Mike D. Mervosh promoted to Corporal.
PFC William R. Patterson promoted to Corporal.
Private John C. Carlson promoted to PFC.
Private Lowell D. Cox promoted to PFC.
Private Patrick T. Curran promoted to PFC.
Private William R. Flood promoted to PFC.
Private Joe R. Griffin promoted to PFC.
Private Ernest J. Hayes promoted to PFC.
Private Francis J. Hermansen promoted to PFC.
Private Guy Kenneth Hoefle promoted to PFC.
Private Donald Leroy Jettenberg promoted to PFC.
Private Clifford James King promoted to PFC.
Private Norman M. Lucas promoted to PFC.
Private Andrew Matulica promoted to PFC.
Private Eugene Leroy Moore promoted to PFC.
Private Kenneth N. Mountain promoted to PFC.
Private Lilbert W. Morgan promoted to PFC.
Private Sol Nichinson promoted to PFC.
Private Lawrence H. Olliges promoted to PFC.
Private Leonard John Osterberg promoted to PFC.
Private Henry T. Paker Jr. promoted to PFC.
Private Archie Campbell Patton promoted to PFC.
Private Harris E. Peterson promoted to PFC.
Private Robert W. Reeves promoted to PFC.
Private Vernon K. Roach promoted to PFC.
Private Wallace R. Rook promoted to PFC.
Private Melvin Gillman Root promoted to PFC.
Private Philip A. Scally promoted to PFC.
Private Richard E. Silvera promoted to PFC.
Private John R. Stiener promoted to PFC.
Private Charles J. Swanson promoted to PFC.
Private Robert L. Taylor promoted to PFC.
Private Robert Gottleib Twernbold promoted to PFC.
Private Joe Valadez promoted to PFC.
Private Jesse Calvin Wallace promoted to PFC.
Private Carl M. Warner promoted to PFC.
Private Weldon Guy Wells promoted to PFC.
Private Morris Sexton Whitehead promoted to PFC.
Private Tom Saleeba Zakem Jr promoted to PFC.

Dog Company
Corporal William Warren Buller promoted to Sergeant.
PFC Robert Edward Newbury promoted to Corporal.
PFC Franklin C. Robbins promoted to Corporal.
PFC Forest Charles Schlenker promoted to Corporal.
Private Donald E. Anderson promoted to PFC.

1945 - Private Claude Tipton, Jr (Baker Company) discharged, disability.
1946 - Corporal Oscar R. Stone, Jr (Baker Company) discharged, expiration of service.

Deaths:
2008 - Peter A. Printz, Jr (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) died in Coeur D'Aline, ID. Age 81.