Battalion History, January 8

Today in Battalion History:

Births
1920 - Peter Wilchinski (Baker Company) born in Swoyersville, PA.
1921 - Clarence Verlon Postell (Baker Company) born in Cherokee, NC.
1926 - Joseph L. Pokorny (Able Company) born in Pennsylvania.

Wartime
1943 - Alfred M. Gabriel (Baker Company) enlisted in USMCR.
1943 - Corpus Aquino Gallegos (Baker Company) enlisted in USMCR.
1944 - Staff Sergeant Robert N. Lisenbery (HQ Company) promoted to Technical Sergeant.
1946 - Corporal Jeff Bulla Washington (2nd Division Casual Company / Charlie Company) discharged.

Deaths
1967 - Corporal John Francis Beard (HQ Company) in New York. Age 45.