Battalion History, January 26

Today in Battalion history

Births
1914 - John Paul Muscatell Jr. (Dog / Baker Company) in Ridgway, PA.
1918 - Morris Marx Larsen (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Manti, UT.
1922 - Arthur Austin Elzey (Charlie Company) in Vienna, MD.
1924 - Howard F. Haff (Able Company) in Philadelphia, PA.
1924 - Kenneth E. Imhof (Charlie Company) in Davenport, IA.
1925 - Frank Schur (Baker Company) in Shadyside, OH.

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

Deaths
1959 - Sergeant Jack Tarleton Sayers (Able / HQ Company). Age 38.
2000 - PFC Vernon E. Smith (Dog / Able Company) in Manchester, TN. Age 77.
2006 - Corporal Peter Gulla (Charlie / HQ Company) in Wantagh, NY. Age 81.