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.

Battalion History, January 30

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1920 - Fred Davis Jr (Able Company) in Weaverville, NC.
1922 - Steve Haloostock (Baker Company) in New York.
1923 - Lawrence J. Thorne Jr (Baker Company) in Farmingdale, NY.
1925 - Marvin Lensch Kuhl (Charlie Company) in Davenport, IA.

Wartime
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

Deaths
1970 - Corporal William Crawford Kyle (Charlie Company) in Austin, TX. Age 54.
1987 - Leroy H. David (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Superior, Michigan. Age

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.

Battalion History, January 28

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1919 - Cortes H. Kirby (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Galveston, TX.

Wartime
1943 - Roger W. Trimble (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1944 - Philip Wood letter to mother and sister.
1945 - First Battalion en route to Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, aboard USS Hendry

Deaths
1984 - Corporal Lester Clarkson "Rugged" Kincaid (Able Company) in Glasco, WV. Age 61.
1993 - Corporal Joseph S. Patti (Charlie Company) in Hazlet, NJ. Age 70.
2003 - Corporal William M. Schultz (Baker Company) in Concord, NC. Age 81.
2008 - Corporal Clyde William Letcher (HQ Company) in Cropwell, AL. Age 87.
2009 - PFC Carl Franklin Sorrow (Charlie Company) in Springfield, VA. Age 84.

Battalion History, January 27

Today in Battalion history

Births
1910 - Francis J. Shiring (Naval Medical Section) in Wilmerding, PA.
1919 - Ray Edward Janeway (Baker Company) in Knoxville, TN.
1921 - Cecil Graham Lewis (Able Company) in Bumpus Mills, TN.
1923 - Walker Hamilton (Able Company) in Dony, KY.
1924 - David Lawrence Pasternik (Naval Medical Section) in Westmont, IL.

Wartime
1943 - Dwyer Duncan (HQ Company) joins USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1945 - Conclusion of rehearsals for Operation Detachment at Kahlui Harbor, HI; First Battalion en route to Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, aboard USS Hendry

Deaths
1984 - PFC Othello F. Mammucari (HQ Company) in Camden, NJ. Age 67.
1997 - Sergeant William E. Wittwer (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Oakland, NJ. Age 75.

Battalion History, January 26

Today in Battalion history

Births
1914 - John Paul Muscatell Jr. (Dog / Baker Company) in Ridgway, PA.
1918 - Morris Marx Larsen (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Manti, UT.
1922 - Arthur Austin Elzey (Charlie Company) in Vienna, MD.
1924 - Howard F. Haff (Able Company) in Philadelphia, PA.
1924 - Kenneth E. Imhof (Charlie Company) in Davenport, IA.
1925 - Frank Schur (Baker Company) in Shadyside, OH.

Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
1959 - Sergeant Jack Tarleton Sayers (Able / HQ Company). Age 38.
2000 - PFC Vernon E. Smith (Dog / Able Company) in Manchester, TN. Age 77.
2006 - Corporal Peter Gulla (Charlie / HQ Company) in Wantagh, NY. Age 81.

Battalion History, January 25

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1917 - Leo F. Rahuba (HQ Company) in Pittsburgh, PA.
1919 - Dwight A. Maffit Jr (HQ Company) in Montgomery, KS.
1922 - Charles F. Naab Jr (Dog / Baker Company) in Newark, NJ.
1925 - William Ray Swann (Baker Company) in Providence, RI.
1925 - Earl P. Hawkins (HQ Company) in Nettleton, MS.
1926 - Robert L. Owensby (Charlie Company) in Springfield, IL.

Wartime
1943 - John C. Adelmann (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1944 - Lonnie Davis Musgrove (Able Company) enlists in USMCR.
1945 - PFC Howard Matthew Kerr (Able Company) honorably discharged for disability.

Deaths
1964 - Corporal Walter Henry Gunewitz (Baker / HQ Company) in New York. Age 46.
1993 - Lawrence Roger Osburn (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Los Angeles, CA. Age 66.
1993 - PFC Morris Sexton Whitehead (Charlie Company) in Los Angeles, CA. Age 68.
1996 - Sergeant Maynard Stuart Worthington (Able Company) in Albuquerque, NM. Age 74.
1998 - PFC Joe Westley Roff (Able Company) in Dwight, IL. Age 73.

Battalion History, January 24

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1918 - Curtis Clemon Dekle (Dog / HQ Company) in Merrillville, GA.
1920 - Charles Bush Gum Jr (Dog / Baker Company) in Rozel, KS.
1923 - John C. Adelmann (Able Company) in Norwood, MA.
1924 - Robert F. Nadler (Dog / Baker Company) in Carlstadt, NJ.
1924 - Joseph Marshall Wiley (Charlie Company) in Canaan, NH.
1925 - Raymond S. Cable (Baker Company) in Norwalk, CT.


Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1944 - Charles D. Horwitz (Able Company) returned to duty; AOL since January 9, 1944. Sentenced to one month Extra Punitive Duty, fined two months pay.

Deaths
1976 - Sergeant Paul Wakefield (Able Company) in Vienna, VA. Age 65.
1996 - Colonel Roy I. Wood, Jr (Able Company) in Greenville, SC. Age 74.
1998 - PFC John F. Skora (Baker Company) in Manchester, NH. Age 77.
2005 - First Sergeant Milton B. Cooper (Baker Company) in Carlsbad, CA. Age 86.

Battalion History, January 23

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1916 - John Davis Sweet (Charlie Company), location unknown.
1920 - Robert William Maassen (Baker Company) in Valley, IA.
1921 - Roy Gray Alford (Able Company) in Cumberland, NC.
1922 - Donald Lee Marston (Charlie Company) in Baltimore, MD.
1925 - Thomas C. Setina (Charlie / HQ Company) in Chicago, IL
1926 - Kermit Dale Hayes (Baker Company) in Kanahwa, WV.

Wartime
1936 - Fred W. Irwin (HQ Company) enlists in USMC.
1940 - Paul Glen Southerland (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1940 - John Robert Svoboda (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1943 - Robert W. Mason (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
None

Battalion History, January 22

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1909 - Joseph Louis Rozmus (Dog / HQ Company) in Manchester, NH.
1916 - Gerald V. Casey (HQ Company) in Detroit, MI.
1921 - Paul J. Bayer (HQ Company) in Connecticut.
1921 - Joe William Browning (Charlie Company) in Chattanooga, TN.
1922 - Peter Gulla (Charlie Company) in New York.
1926 - Daniel J. Girdano (Able Company) in Pittsburgh, PA.
1926 - William Edward Sempert (Dog / Baker Company) in Myrtle Point, OR.

Wartime
1943 - George Clifton Iverson (Baker Company) enlists in USMC.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
None

Battalion History, January 21

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1923 - Dale H. Noyes (Charlie Company) in Honey Creek, IA.
1923 - Giustino Parente (Baker Company) in Brooklyn, NY.
1925 - Charles Edward Seader (Able Company) in Philadelphia, PA.
1926 - Edward P. Rezendes (Able Company) in New Bedford, MA.


Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
1993 - Private Robert Daniel Baatz Jr (Baker Company) in Traverse City, MI. Age 67.
2001 - Corporal Douglas B. Footit (Able Company) in Abingdon, MA. Age 78.
2001 - Private Ernest Chester Tykarski (Charlie Company) in Danbury, CT. Age 74.

Battalion History, January 20

Today in Battalion history:

Births
(none)

Wartime
1926 - John Yaniga (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1937 - Joseph B. Cowan (Charlie Company) enlists in USMC.
1942 - Earl Richard Crom (Able Company) enlists in USMC.
1942 - William Curtis Logan (Charlie Company) enlists in USMC.
1944 - First Lieutenant Maurice J. Cavanaugh Jr (HQ Company) transferred to Camp Pendleton hospital.
1944 - PFC Jefferson H. King Jr (Baker Company) transferred to Camp Pendleton, CA.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1945 - Corporal Raymond S. Cable (Baker Company) discharged for disability.


Deaths
1975 - Howard L. Webber (Able Company) in Milwaukee, WI. Age 56.
2000 - Corporal John R. Stiener (Charlie Company) in Shelby, IN. Age 74.

Battalion History, January 19

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1923 - Albert P. Goldsborough (Charlie Company) born in Chester, PA.
1924 - Paul Glen Southerland (Able Company) born in Colorado.

Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
2009 - Corporal Leonard John Osterberg (Charlie Company), in La Center, WA. Age 86.

Battalion History, January 18

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1925 - Roger Norman Arsenault (Baker Company) in New Britain, CT.

Wartime
1943 - Robert D. Price (Able Company) enlisted in USMC.
1944 - Sergeant Richard T. Williams (Dog Company) returns from A/WOL; reduced to Corporal and sentenced to six months probationary service.
1944 - Edward Haller Bookwalter (Able Company) inducted into USMCR.
1944 - James Louis Slavik (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) inducted into USMCR.
1945 - First Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Schultz (Charlie Company) awarded posthumous Navy Cross for actions on Saipan.

Deaths
1990 - Staff Sergeant Everett T. Simpson Jr (HQ Company) in Illinois. Age 71.
2000 - Corporal John L. Ford (Dog / HQ Company) in Phoenix, AZ. Age 81.



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Battalion History, January 17

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1914 - Paul J. Rossi (Able / HQ Company) in New York.
1923 - Edward A. Brasus (Baker Company) in Chicago, IL.

Wartime
1938 - Olin Otho England (Dog / HQ Company) enlists USMCR.
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1944 - PFC Leonard O. Fritze (Dog Company) discharged from hospital, returned to duty.

Deaths
1996 - Private Charles Chester Sunderland (2nd Marine Division Casual Company) in Altoona, PA. Age 69.
2001 - Staff Sergeant Jason C. Edwards (Baker Company) in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Age 80.
2005 -

Battalion History, January 16

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1921 - Patsy J. Renna (Dog Company) in Thompsonville, CT.
1924 - Laverne Elliott Sullivan (Baker / HQ Company) in Dishman, WA.

Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
2007 - PFC George W. Couch (Able Company) in Beech Bottom, WV. Age 81.
2003 - PFC Frank Lawrence Burkhard Jr. (Baker Company) in Tampa, FL. Age 76.

Battalion History, January 15

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1922 - Reuben Nathaniel Hollingsworth (Charlie Company) in Camilla, GA.
1926 - Herbert Bowers Newman (Baker Company) in McKee's Rock, PA.
1926 - Edward S. Wojcechowski (Charlie Company) in Scranton, PA.
1927 - Stephen Demchik (Baker Company), in unknown location.

Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
1990 - PFC Joe Preston Locke (Able Company) in Alexander City, AL. Age 64.

Battalion History, January 14

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1924 - Harold J. Fritz (Able Company) born in St. Mary's, PA.
1926 - Carl Edward Starns (Charlie Company) born in Fayette, KY.

Wartime
1943 - Carl Joseph Willenborg (Able Company) enlists USMC.

1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

1951 - Vernon Harrison Ison (Dog/HQ/Baker/Fourth Marine Aphibian Truck Company) wounded as an Army First Lieutenant in Korea.

Deaths
1989 - PFC Raymond Paul Haines (Baker Company) in Lewisburg, PA. Age 62.
2010 - Corporal Marvin E. Kline (HQ Company) in Middleville, MI. Age 83.

Battalion History, January 13

Today in Battalion History:

Births:
1926 - Bertel E. Blomquist (Naval Medical Section) born in Oreboro, Sweden.
1926 - Herbert H. VonCalio (Able Company) born in New York.

Wartime:

1944 - First Battalion, 24th Marines, embarks aboard the USS DuPage, en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll.

1944 - Private William Edward McNeal (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Carl Lloyd McNeally (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.
1944 - Private Charlie Lemon Stringer (Charlie Company) joined from Camp Elliott, CA.

Deaths:
1983 - Corporal Weston Arnold Burns (Able Company) in Boston, MA. Age 65.
2002 - Second Lieutenant Robert Clark Euler (Baker Company) in Prescott, AZ. Age 77.

Battalion History, January 12

Today in Battalion history:

Births:
1919 - Teddy Warren Groger (Baker Company) born Kenton, KY.
1919 - Henry F. Svoboda (Charlie Company) born in Long Island City, NY.
1922 - Edward Grant Eller (Baker Company) born in Lake Worth, FL.
1925 - Burnett Paul Fenger (Able Company) born in New Orleans, LA.
1925 - Thomas E. McCarthy (Charlie Company) born in Baltimore, MD.

Wartime:
1944 - The battalion made its final preparations on land before embarking for combat.

Deaths:
None.