Battalion History, January 7

Today in Battalion History:

Births
1916 - Jeff Edward "Tiny" Jowers (Able / HQ Company) born Jacksonville, FL.
1921 - Noble Lester Bowers (Baker Company) born Elkhart, IN.
1922 - Dwyer Duncan (HQ Company) born Stillwater, OK.
1924 - Pennock Barnard Bowen (HQ Company) born Upper Darby, PA.
1925 - Ralph Wallace Thomas (Naval Medical Section) born San Antonio, TX.

Wartime
1942 - Major Otto Lessing (HQ Company) posted to Marine Barracks, Balboa, Canal Zone.
1944 - Corporal Dulan Frank Butler (HQ Company) transferred to Second Battalion, 24th Marines.
1944 - PFC William Crawford Kyle Jr (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - PFC Darrell Preston Yawn (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Roy Hayward Bishop (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Kenneth Marion Carpenter (Baker Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private John William Holden (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private William Ollie Paul (Baker Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Carroll E. Stout (Baker Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.

Deaths
1992 - Captain Irving Schechter (Able Company) in New York. Age 74.
1995 - PhM1c Martin Middlewood (Naval Medical Section) in Vancouver, WA. Age 78.
2000 - Field Cook Alexander DeVico (Baker Company) in San Diego, CA. Age
2010 - Corporal Virgil "Jack" Cawood (Able Company) in Texarkana, AR. Age 86.