Battalion History, January 29

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1915 - John A. Monck (Able / H&S Company) in Brooklyn, NY.
1919 - Davis Vernon Kruse (Able Company) in Little Rock, IA.
1920 - Archie M. Adam Jr (Baker Company) in Hopewell, NJ.
1921 - Roy A. Liedhegner (HQ Company) in Cincinnati, OH.
1922 - Samuel Lamar Umfress (Baker Company) in Burnsville, MS.
1926 - Raymond Paul Haines (Baker Company) in Beaver Springs, PA.

Wartime
1941 - Albert Benjamin Duryea (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1943 - Jesse George Acklam Jr (Able / HQ Company) enlists in USMC.
1943 - Walker Hamilton (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1943 - Johnny Brown Haynes (Able Company) enlists in USMCR.
1943 - Herman Conway Middleton (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1943 - Hamilton Thomas Pendergast (Able Company) enlists in USMCR.
1943 - Howard Ralph Pratt (Able Company) enlists in USMCR.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1945 - First Battalion en route to Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, aboard USS Hendry
1945 - Robert Frederick Fleischauer (Able Company) reenlists USMC.

Deaths
2000 - First Lieutenant Chester Sharek (Charlie Company) in Sonoma, CA. Age 79.
2001 - Sergeant Marcellus Daniel Rapkoch (1st JASCO / Namur) in Lewiston, MT. Age 76.