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This list of Marine
casualties - those who died or were killed - is compiled
from the USMC Casualty Cards (mc),
supplemented by other sources
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for source abbreviations. For unit abbreviations,
see the 'Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations", OPNAV
29-P1000 made available online by Hyperwar.
More information on each casualty is being added to: The emphasis is obviously on the Pacific Theatre, and to set the scene leading up to Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps dispositions in the Pacific are summarised here for 1941. Gordon Smith,
Naval-History.Net
1941
Sunday,
December 7, 1941
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
Ewa
MCAS
LAWRENCE, Edward Stephen, Pfc, 294957, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) LUTSCHAN, William Edward, Jr, Sgt, 253113, H&SSqn21, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) MICHELETTO, Carlo Anthony, Sgt, 271889, VMJ252, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) TURNER, William George, PVT, USMC (ph), DOW 12th (mc) Pearl Harbor UNKNOWN, service not known, but presumably including US Marine Corps, listed as numbers 7 to 353 under letter U, ranks not known, WW2, died, December 7, 1941, buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (va) USS Arizona BB-39, Marine Detachment AMUNDSON, Leo Devere, Pfc, 309872, killed in action (mc) ATCHISON, John Calvin, Pvt, 291613, killed in action (mc) BAILEY, George Richmond, Pfc, 289568, killed in action (mc) BARAGA, Joseph, Sgt, 269591, killed in action (mc) BARTLETT, David William, Cpl, 282720, killed in action (mc) BEATON, Freddie, Pvt, 314538, killed in action (mc) BELT, Everett Ray, Jr, Pfc, 291740, killed in action (mc) BLACK, James Theron, Pvt, 314626, killed in action (mc) BOND, Burnis Leroy, Cpl, 282672, killed in action (mc) BORUSKY, Edwin Charles, Cpl, 275541, killed in action (mc) BRICKLEY, Eugene, Pvt, 290538, killed in action (mc) CHANDLER, Donald Ross, Pvt, 285467, killed in action (mc) COLE, Charles Warren, Sgt, 269595, killed in action (mc) DAVIS, Virgil Denton, Pvt, 298403, killed in action (mc) DAWSON, James Berkley, Pvt, 305840, killed in action (mc) DELONG, Frederick Eugene, Cpl, 273229, killed in action (mc) DEVITT, John William, 292333, killed in action, believed declared dead August 10, 1943 (mc), (not listed in other sources) DREESBACH, Herbert Allen, Pfc, 298404, killed in action (mc) DUNNAM, Robert Wesley, Pvt, 306243, killed in action (mc) DURIO, Russell, Pvt, 299280, killed in action (mc) DUVEENE, John, 1Sgt, 181999, killed in action (mc) ERSKINE, Robert Charles, Pfc, 298406, killed in action (mc) EVANS, David Delton, Pfc, 250203, killed in action (mc) FINCHER, Allen Brady, ACk, 292084, killed in action (mc) FINCHER, Dexter Wilson, Sgt, 273115, killed in action (mc) FINLEY, Woodrow Wilson, Pfc, 299051, killed in action (mc) FITZGERALD, Kent Blake, Pvt, 292824, killed in action (mc) FLEETWOOD, Donald Eugene, Pfc, 294438, killed in action (mc) FOX, Daniel Russell, LtCol, 307, killed in action (mc) GRIFFIN, Lawrence John, Pvt, 295032, killed in action (mc) HAMEL, Don Edgar, FM, 305354, killed in action (mc) HARMON, William Daniel, Pfc, 277834, killed in action (mc) HERRICK, Paul Edward, Pvt, 291621, killed in action (mc) HOLZWORTH, Walter, MGySgt, 99523, killed in action (mc) HOPE, Harold Wyatt, Pvt, 314564, killed in action (mc) HUDNALL, Robert Chilton, Pfc, 287198, killed in action (mc) HUFF, Robert Glenn, Pvt, 311779, killed in action (mc) HUGHES, Marvin Austin, Pvt, 306246, killed in action (mc) HULTMAN, Donald Standly, Pfc, 298688, killed in action (mc) HUX, Leslie Creade, Pfc, 291867, killed in action (mc) JERRISON, Donald Dearborn, Cpl, 277521, killed in action (mc) JONES, Quincy Eugene, Pfc, 289396, killed in action (mc) KALINOWSKI, Henry, Pvt, 307228, killed in action (mc) KEEN, Billy Mack, Pvt, 311774, killed in action (mc) KRAHN, James Albert, Pfc, 275556, killed in action (mc) LINDSAY, James Ernest, Pfc, 277912, killed in action (mc) LOVSHIN, William Joseph, Pfc, 283661, killed in action (mc) MCCARRENS, James Francis, Cpl, 274786, killed in action (mc) MINEAR, Richard John, Jr, Pfc, 283919, killed in action (mc) MOSTEK, Francis Clayton, Pfc, 282730, killed in action (mc) NOLATUBBY, Henry Ellis, Pfc, 286279, killed in action (mc) O'BRIEN, Joseph Bernard, Pfc, 288408, killed in action (mc) PATTERSON, Clarence Rankin, Jr, Pfc, 291894, killed in action (mc) PEDROTTI, Francis James, Pvt, 296891, killed in action (mc) PIASECKI, Alexander Louis, Cpl, 274983, killed in action (mc) POWELL, Jack Speed, Pfc, 284047, killed in action (mc) POWER, Abner Franklin, Pvt, 314537, killed in action (mc) REINHOLD, Rudolph Herbert, Pvt, 303326, killed in action (mc) SCHNEIDER, William Jacob, Pvt, 283789, killed in action (mc) SCOTT, Crawford Edward, Pfc, 298715, killed in action (mc) SCOTT, George Harrison, Pvt, 290194, killed in action (mc) SHIVE, Gordon Eshom, Pvt, 283832, killed in action (mc) SIMENSEN, Carleton Elliott, 2Lt, 6679, killed in action (mc) SNIFF, Jack Betrand, Cpl, 305320, killed in action (mc) STEVENSON, Frank Jake, Pfc, 298545, killed in action (mc) STOVALL, Richard Patt, Pvt, 298787, killed in action (mc) SWIONTEK, Stanley Stephen, FCk, 281279, killed in action (mc) SZABO, Theodore Stephen, Pvt, 305655, killed in action (mc) WEBB, Carl Edward, Pfc, 282719, killed in action (mc) WEIER, Bernard Arthur, Pvt, 310339, killed in action (mc) WHISLER, Gilbert Henry, Pfc, 294821, killed in action (mc) WINDISH, Robert James, Pvt, 303079, killed in action (mc) WINDLE, Robert England, Pvt, 285460, killed in action (mc) WITTENBERG, Russell Duane, Pvt, 298731, killed in action (mc) USS California BB-44, Marine Detachment BLOUNT, John, Pfc, USMC (nm), DOW 9th (mc) LEE, Roy Elmer, Jr, Pvt, 295050, killed in action (mc) SHOOK, Shelby Charles, Pvt, 317475, killed in action (mc) WALLEN, Earl Delbert, Pfc, 278166, killed in action (mc) USS Helena CL-50, Marine Detachment JOHNSON, George Edward, Pfc, 306004, killed in action (mc) USS Nevada BB-36, Marine Detachment BRITTON, Thomas Alonzo, Cpl, 268898, killed in action (mc) HEATH, Francis Colston, Pfc, 289350, died of wounds (mc) KING, Orveil Vaniel, Jr, Pfc, 302254, killed in action (mc) LUNSFORD, Jack Leon, Pfc, 298421, killed in action (mc) MORRISSEY, Edward Francis, Pfc, 286776, killed in action (mc) SMITH, Keith Vodden, PVT, USMC (R) (ph), wounded, DOW on 11th (mc) TRUJILLO, Richard Ignacio, Pfc, 282168, killed in action (mc) USS Oklahoma BB-37, Marine Detachment ARTHURHOLTZ, Marley Richard, Pfc, 288660, killed in action (mc) BLACK, Waldean, Pvt, 309444, killed in action (mc) COLLIER, Walter Leon, Pfc, 271385, killed in action (mc) CREMEAN, Alva Jackson, Pfc, 288850, killed in action (mc) DREFAHL, Elmer Edwin, Cpl, 284507, killed in action (mc) GAVER, Harry Hamilton, 2Lt, 6254, killed in action (mc) HALL, Ted, Pvt, 311258, killed in action (mc) HENRY, Otis Wellington, Pvt, 286441, killed in action (mc) HOLMES, Robert Kimball, Pfc, 284571, killed in action (mc) KEATON, Vernon Paul, Pvt, 309484, killed in action (mc) MIDDLESWART, John Franklin, Pfc, 305317, killed in action (mc) PEAK, Robert Hopkins, Pvt, 314300, killed in action (mc) PENNINGTON, Raymond, Pvt, 316090, killed in action (mc) TAYLOR, Charles Robert, Pfc, 284217, killed in action (mc) USS
Pennsylvania BB-38, Marine Detachment
BARRON, Thomas Noble,
Cpl, 287172, killed in action (mc)
NATIONS, Morris Edward, Cpl, 281958, died of wounds (mc) STEWART, Floyd D, Pfc, 282130, died of wounds (mc) TOBIN, Patrick Philip, Pfc, 304292, killed in action (mc) VINCENT, Jesse Charles, Jr., Cpl, 276873, died of wounds (mc) WADE, George Hollive, Jr, Pvt, 302369, killed in action (mc) ATTACK ON MIDWAY ISLAND
CANNON, George
Ham, 1Lt, 5837, BtryH, MGGrp, 6thDefBn, FMF, died of
wounds, Medal of Honor recipient (mc) Midway
Island NAS
MORRELL, Elmer Rolf, Pfc, 290678, MGGrp, 6thDefBn, FMF, killed in action (mc) Monday, December 8, 1941
WAKE ISLAND
Marine Corps Aircrew - VMF211, VMSB231, VMSB232 ALLEN, Jack V, 257676, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) CONDERMAN, Robert J, 6198, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) COOK, Jr, Hal, 295114, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) DE SPARR, Marshall Eugene, 288061, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) EDWARDS, Robert Powell, 278070, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) FARRAR, Herbert Donald, 273343, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) GRAVES, George Allen, 5590, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) HALEY, Gifford Lavern, 253544, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) HOLDEN, Frank Joseph, 6444, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) KING, Curtis Perryman, 195930, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) KOONTZ, Benjamin Dale, 278326, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) LOCKLIN, Eugene Debb, 255655, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) MCBRIDE, James Earnest, 298766, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) NANNINGA, Henry David, 279617, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) PUCKETT, Ray Vernon, 270036, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) PURVIS, Gordon William, 276037, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) RENNER, Francis John, 275713, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) STOCKTON, Maurice Elwood, 279563, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) SUTTON, Mack Pendry, 299627, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) WILSFORD, Clyde Douglas, 275827, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) WOODRUFF, David Edgar, 290951, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) TOKRYMAN, Paul, 260066, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) Tuesday,
December 9, 1941
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
BLOUNT, John Andrew, Jr, Pfc,
281662, MarDet, USS California, died of wounds (mc)
WAKE ISLAND
Marine Corps Aircrew - VMF211, VMSB232 COUCH, Winslow, 201690, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) HUNT, Quince Ambrose, 278819, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) MITWALSKY, Robert William, 279547, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) TUCKER, William Marion, 278189, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) ZURCHAUER, Robert Jr, 274800, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc) FINLEY, William George, 315653,
CoF, 2ndBn, 8thMar, 2ndMarDiv, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif,
accidental death (mc)
Wednesday,
December 10, 1941
PHILIPPINES
GUAM
BOMAR, William Wiltshire, Jr, 301427, MarBks, Naval Station, killed in action (mc) BURT, William Harold, 301270, MarBks, Naval Station, killed in action (mc) WAKE ISLAND
VENABLE, Alexander Branch Jr., 275333, MarDet, 1stDefBn, Wake Island, killed in action (mc) BEARD, Hubert Fulton,
242766, MarBks, Naval Supply Dep, Oakland, Calif,
accidental death (mc)
BOSS, Mike Joseph, 225716, NavTorpStation, Keyport, Wash, accidental death (mc) MYERS, Edwin Jesse, 272544, MarBks, NavTorpStation, Keyport, Wash, accidental death (mc) Thursday,
December 11, 1941
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
SMITH, Keith Vodden, Pvt, 308084, MarDet, USS Nevada, died of wounds (mc) GUAM
ANDERSON, Harry Edward, 273552, MarBks, Naval Station, Guam, died of wounds (mc) Friday,
December 12, 1941
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
TURNER, William
George, Pvt, 303118, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu,
Ewa MCAS, TH, died of wounds (mc)
FLOYD, Grady Leo,
294606, CoB, 7thMar, 1stMarDiv, MarBks, New River,
NC, accidental death (mc)
MCAFEE, Harrison Verne, 269626, MarDet, USS Salt Lake City, accidental death (mc) Saturday,
December 13, 1941,
SMITH, Merle, Jr, 316871, 16thProvMarCo, MarBks,
Quantico, Va, died (mc)
Sunday,
December 14, 1941
WAKE ISLAND Marine
Corps Aircrew - VMF211, VMSB231
DOUBLE, John Fention, 275182, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, killed in action (mc) GARR, Robert Francis, Jr, 274780, VMSB231, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, killed in action (mc) Monday, December 15, 1941
Tuesday, December 16, 1941,
PAYNE, George William, 268862, BksDet,
MarBks, NYD, Philadelphia, Pa, died (mc)
Wednesday, December 17, 1941
Friday,
December 19, 1941
PHILIPPINES
4thMar LARIOS, Milton Theodore, MSgt, 227199, HqCo, 4thMar, Philippine Is, killed in action (mc) THEISE, Walter John, Field Cook, 297170, HqCo, 4thMar, Philippine Is, killed in action (mc) 1stSepMarBn FORD, Raymond David, Pvt, 281630, CoA, 1stSepMarBn, MarBks, NY, Cavite, Philippine Is, killed in action (mc) FRAZIER, George Garvis, Pfc, 280544, HqCo, 1stSepMarBn, Cavite, Philippine Is, killed in action (mc) TULEY, Melvin Oscar, Cpl, 279752, CoA, 1stSepMarBn, Philippine Is, killed in action (mc) HATT, Thomas Keith,
263791, BksDet, MarBks, NYD, Mare Island, Calif,
accidental death (mc)
Saturday,
December 20, 1941
GABAY, Calvin, 319754, BtryK, 4thBn, 11thMar, 1stMarDiv, MarBks, Parris Island, SC, accidental death (mc) GOUVEIA, Anibal Correia, 319745, BtryK, 4thBn, 11thMar, 1stMarDiv, MarBks, Parris Island, SC, accidental death (mc) HEISE, Charles Ryer, 251150, BtryK, 4thBn, 11thMar, MarBks, Parris Island, SC, accidental death (mc) LANTELME, William Warren, 281905, H&SBtry, 4thBn, 11thMar, 1stMarDIV, MarBks, Parris Island, SC, accidental death (mc) December
21, 1941,
WAKE ISLAND
WRIGHT, Johnalson Elmer, 211344, MarDet, 1stDefBn, Wake Island, killed in action (mc) Monday,
December 22, 1941
WAKE ISLAND Marine Corps Aircrew - VMF211 DAVIDSON, Carl Robert, 2Lt, 6371, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, FMF, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, killed in action (mc) LABEEUW, Edward Joseph, 278017, CoA, MarBks, NYD, Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc) Tuesday,
December 23, 1941
WAKE ISLAND DEFENCE
1st Defence Battalion, Wake Island BEDELL, Henry Augustine, 202818, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) GILLEY, Ernest Newton, Jr, 286767, 5thArtyGrp, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) GLEICHAUF, William Anthony, 216544, 5thArtyGrp, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) HALSTEAD, William Charles, 271943, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) HOUDE, Woodrow Armand, 272156, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) MARLOW, Clovis Ray, 277222, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) MARSHALL, Gordon Lee, 286498, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) PICKETT, Ralph Henry, 276277, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) REED, Alvey Augustus, 265682, MarDet, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) STEVENS, Robert Logan, 286236, 5thArtyGrp, 1stDefBn, killed in action (mc) Marine Corps Aircrew - VMF211, VMSB232 BOYLE, Hugh Leonard, 283510, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) COMIN, Howard Dean, 280448, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) ELROD, Henry Talmage, Maj, 4617, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, FMF, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, killed in action, Medal of Honor recipient (mc) TAYLOR, Dale Kenyon, 293838, VMF211, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, killed in action (mc) WATSON, James Clifton, 289178,
MGGrp, 4thDefBn, Pearl Harbor, accidental death (mc)
Wednesday,
December 24, 1941
PHILIPPINES
4thMar MOORE, Jr, George Seth, 290305, HqCo, 4thMar, killed in action (mc) POOLE, Gradie Cleveland, 290404, CoD, 4thMar, killed in action (mc) Thursday,
December 25, 1941
Friday,
December 26, 1941
ESKRIDGE, James Lee,
275546, MarBks, NAD, Hingham, Mass, accidental death (mc)
ROBINSON, John Richard, 283543, CoL, 3rdBn, 8thMar, SMD, MCB, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc) Saturday/Sunday,
December 27/28, 1941
Monday,
December 29, 1941
PHILIPPINES
4thMar
MURPHY, Verle William, Cpl, 244344, CoH, 2ndBn, 4thMar, Philippine Is, killed in action (mc) Tuesday,
December 29, 1941
Thursday,
December 31, 1941
ANCRUM, Calhoun, 12, OIC, Recruitment, Charleston, WVa, died (mc) PICKENS, Cecil James, 249195, CoD, 6thMar, 1stMarBrigProv, Reykjavik, accidental death (mc) |
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