Battalion History, January 31

Today in Battalion history

Births
1927 - Weston Arnold Burns (Able Company) in Framingham, MA.

Wartime
1940 - Harlan Chester Jeffrey (Baker / HQ Company) enlists USMC.
1942 - Frank P. Rossel (Dog / Baker Company) enlists USMC.
1944 - First Battalion aboard USS DuPage arrives off coast of Namur, Kwajalein Atoll. D-Day for Kwajalein operation; elements of 25th Marines ashore.
1945 - First Battalion en route to Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, aboard USS Hendry.
1946 - Sergeant Harlan Jeffrey (Baker / HQ Company) honorably discharged from USMC.

Deaths
1975 - Corporal Henry Arthur Manzi (Charlie Company) in Las Vegas, NV. Age 52.
1995 - PFC Frank A. Klinkoski (Baker Company) in Martin's Ferry, OH. Age 69.
2007 - Corporal Vincent F. Gonsowski (Charlie Company) in Eagle Point, OR. Age 87.
2008 - PFC Edgar Lee Casper (Baker Company) in Parsons, KS. Age 81.