- SURNAME
Boyd
- FORENAME
Marion Roscoe
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Regiment (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
305453
- DATE OF DEATH
14th September 1942
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Indianapolis, Indiana
born 09.07.1920, Kuttawa, Kentucky, USA
16.10.1940 draft card Indiana (Note draft card shows year of birth as 1919)
31.03.1941 entered service
06.03.1942 married Elsie Naomi (nee Koonce) (1925-2000)
1 son Marion Roscoe Boyd, Jr. (1943-2000)
brother of Abe Boyd, 44 East Raymond Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
KIA Guadalcanal
DATE OF DEATH:
14-Sep-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119938675/marion-roscoe-boydSERVICE HISTORY:
BOYD, Marion R, PFC SN: 305453
Born: 09 Jul 1920 Lyon, Kentucky
Enlisted USMC: 31 Mar 1941 DHS Cincinnati, Ohio (Home of Record: 44 E. Raymond Street, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Killed in Action: 14 Sep 1942 (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Greenwood, IN (Section C, Row 1, Grave 128)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, 705 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Apr 1941 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “31Mar41; 1, To RD, MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1941 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “31Mar41; 2, Jdenl fr DHS, Cincinnati, Oh.”
May 1941 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI.”
Jun 1941 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC” XX, to MBNY, New York, N.Y.”
Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, NY
Jul 1941 Pvt, BksDet, MBNY, New York, NY
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Aug-Sep 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”XX,assigned to parachute det; XX-XX, member parachute det under instn, XX, rated spl lcl “for avn duty” parachutist, auth MGC ltr 1515/7-325 AV 1mm, dated 18Apr41”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Jan 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 8-16, temp d at Ft Storey, Va. conn manuevers”
Apr 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, (USS HEYWOOD, At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Sep 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)
Born: 09 Jul 1920 Lyon, Kentucky
Enlisted USMC: 31 Mar 1941 DHS Cincinnati, Ohio (Home of Record: 44 E. Raymond Street, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Killed in Action: 14 Sep 1942 (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Greenwood, IN (Section C, Row 1, Grave 128)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, 705 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Apr 1941 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “31Mar41; 1, To RD, MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1941 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “31Mar41; 2, Jdenl fr DHS, Cincinnati, Oh.”
May 1941 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI.”
Jun 1941 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC” XX, to MBNY, New York, N.Y.”
Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, NY
Jul 1941 Pvt, BksDet, MBNY, New York, NY
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Aug-Sep 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”XX,assigned to parachute det; XX-XX, member parachute det under instn, XX, rated spl lcl “for avn duty” parachutist, auth MGC ltr 1515/7-325 AV 1mm, dated 18Apr41”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Jan 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 8-16, temp d at Ft Storey, Va. conn manuevers”
Apr 1942 PFC, A Co, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, (USS HEYWOOD, At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Sep 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)
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