Battalion History, January 27

Today in Battalion history

Births
1910 - Francis J. Shiring (Naval Medical Section) in Wilmerding, PA.
1919 - Ray Edward Janeway (Baker Company) in Knoxville, TN.
1921 - Cecil Graham Lewis (Able Company) in Bumpus Mills, TN.
1923 - Walker Hamilton (Able Company) in Dony, KY.
1924 - David Lawrence Pasternik (Naval Medical Section) in Westmont, IL.

Wartime
1943 - Dwyer Duncan (HQ Company) joins USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1945 - Conclusion of rehearsals for Operation Detachment at Kahlui Harbor, HI; First Battalion en route to Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, aboard USS Hendry

Deaths
1984 - PFC Othello F. Mammucari (HQ Company) in Camden, NJ. Age 67.
1997 - Sergeant William E. Wittwer (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Oakland, NJ. Age 75.