Battalion History, January 25

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1917 - Leo F. Rahuba (HQ Company) in Pittsburgh, PA.
1919 - Dwight A. Maffit Jr (HQ Company) in Montgomery, KS.
1922 - Charles F. Naab Jr (Dog / Baker Company) in Newark, NJ.
1925 - William Ray Swann (Baker Company) in Providence, RI.
1925 - Earl P. Hawkins (HQ Company) in Nettleton, MS.
1926 - Robert L. Owensby (Charlie Company) in Springfield, IL.

Wartime
1943 - John C. Adelmann (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1944 - Lonnie Davis Musgrove (Able Company) enlists in USMCR.
1945 - PFC Howard Matthew Kerr (Able Company) honorably discharged for disability.

Deaths
1964 - Corporal Walter Henry Gunewitz (Baker / HQ Company) in New York. Age 46.
1993 - Lawrence Roger Osburn (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Los Angeles, CA. Age 66.
1993 - PFC Morris Sexton Whitehead (Charlie Company) in Los Angeles, CA. Age 68.
1996 - Sergeant Maynard Stuart Worthington (Able Company) in Albuquerque, NM. Age 74.
1998 - PFC Joe Westley Roff (Able Company) in Dwight, IL. Age 73.