Battalion History, January 13

Today in Battalion History:

Births:
1926 - Bertel E. Blomquist (Naval Medical Section) born in Oreboro, Sweden.
1926 - Herbert H. VonCalio (Able Company) born in New York.

Wartime:

1944 - First Battalion, 24th Marines, embarks aboard the USS DuPage, en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll.

1944 - Private William Edward McNeal (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Carl Lloyd McNeally (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Charlie Lemon Stringer (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.

Deaths:
1983 - Corporal Weston Arnold Burns (Able Company) in Boston, MA. Age 65.
2002 - Second Lieutenant Robert Clark Euler (Baker Company) in Prescott, AZ. Age 77.