Battalion History, January 6

Today in Battalion History:

Births:
1920 - William Paul Deshong (HQ Company), in Licking Creek, PA.
1921 - Jack Tarleton Sayers (Able / HQ Company), in Lakewood, OH.
1924 - Frank P. Storms, Jr (1st JASCO), in Durant, MS.

Wartime:
1942 - Wyville H. Alletag (Dog Company) deploys to South Pacific with Second Defense Battalion.
1944 - PFC William V. Neighbor (Company A) hospitalized in USNH Santa Margarita, California.

Deaths:
1995 - Sergeant Silvio A. Paulini (Dog / Charlie Company), died in Medfield, MA. Age 76.
1997 - Chief Pharmacist's Mate Winston Churchill Blevins (Naval Medical Section), died in Laguna Beach, CA. Age 79.
1998 - PFC Eugene T. Langston (Baker Company), died in Rock Island, IL. Age 83.
2009 - PFC Salvador Michael Nobile (Dog / Baker Company), died in Columbia, PA. Age 88.