Battalion History, January 14

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1924 - Harold J. Fritz (Able Company) born in St. Mary's, PA.
1926 - Carl Edward Starns (Charlie Company) born in Fayette, KY.

Wartime
1943 - Carl Joseph Willenborg (Able Company) enlists USMC.

1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

1951 - Vernon Harrison Ison (Dog/HQ/Baker/Fourth Marine Aphibian Truck Company) wounded as an Army First Lieutenant in Korea.

Deaths
1989 - PFC Raymond Paul Haines (Baker Company) in Lewisburg, PA. Age 62.
2010 - Corporal Marvin E. Kline (HQ Company) in Middleville, MI. Age 83.