- SURNAME
Castner
- FORENAME
Howard Welton
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Bn (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
282209
- DATE OF DEATH
14th September 1942
- AGE
26
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot F Row 1 Grave 30
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Montgomery, West Virginia
born 21.07.1916
father Charlie Nathan Castner (1862-1942)
mother Flora Margaret (nee Long) Castner (1881-1936)
husband of Mrs Castner, 201 1/2 4th Avenue, Montgomery, West Virginia
30.01.1940 entered service California
KIA Guadalcanal
DATE OF DEATH:
14-Sep-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3771285/howard-welton-castnerSERVICE HISTORY:
CASTNER, Howard W, PFC SN: 282209
Born: 21 Jul 1916 South Dakota
Enlisted USMC: 30 Jan 1940 (Home of Record: Fresno, California)
Killed in Action: 14 Sep 1942 (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section F, Row 1, Grave 302)
Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Jan 1940 Pvt, Hq, WRD, San Francisco, CA “30Jan40; 29, App at SDHS Fresno, Calif.; 30, Jdenl at DHS, Los Angeles, Calif. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Recruit Bn, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “30Jan40; 30, Jdfr WRD Los Angeles, Calif.”
Feb 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “RI.”
Mar 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA”1, qual MM; 11, to Co”A”,1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, Post”
Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA
Mar 1940 Pvt, Co A, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA “11, Jdfr RDepDet, RDep, Post”
Apr-Jun 1940 Pvt, Co A, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA
Jul 1940 Pvt, Co A, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA “26, to MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, Wash. Emb & sailed fr San Diego, Calif. via USS LEXINGTON”
Guard Company #1, Marine Barracks, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
Aug 1940 Pvt, GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA “ 2, Jdfr Co”A”, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, San Diego, Calif., via USS LEXINGTON ; 26Jul40, emb and sailed fr San Diego, Calif.; 2, arr & disemb this NYd; 9, to MB, NAD, Puget Sound, Wash.”
Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot, Puget Sound, WA
Aug 1940 Pvt, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA “30Jan40; 9, Jdfr GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, Wash.
Sep-Oct 1940 Pvt, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA
Nov-Dec 1940 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA “20Nov, pro (temp).”
Jan 1941 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA
Apr 1941 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA
Jul 1941 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA “30Jan40; 30, to MBNAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”
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; 1-3, fur.”
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: 21 Jul 1916 South Dakota
Enlisted USMC: 30 Jan 1940 (Home of Record: Fresno, California)
Killed in Action: 14 Sep 1942 (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section F, Row 1, Grave 302)
Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Jan 1940 Pvt, Hq, WRD, San Francisco, CA “30Jan40; 29, App at SDHS Fresno, Calif.; 30, Jdenl at DHS, Los Angeles, Calif. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Recruit Bn, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “30Jan40; 30, Jdfr WRD Los Angeles, Calif.”
Feb 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “RI.”
Mar 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA”1, qual MM; 11, to Co”A”,1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, Post”
Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA
Mar 1940 Pvt, Co A, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA “11, Jdfr RDepDet, RDep, Post”
Apr-Jun 1940 Pvt, Co A, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA
Jul 1940 Pvt, Co A, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, MCB, San Diego, CA “26, to MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, Wash. Emb & sailed fr San Diego, Calif. via USS LEXINGTON”
Guard Company #1, Marine Barracks, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
Aug 1940 Pvt, GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA “ 2, Jdfr Co”A”, 1stBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, San Diego, Calif., via USS LEXINGTON ; 26Jul40, emb and sailed fr San Diego, Calif.; 2, arr & disemb this NYd; 9, to MB, NAD, Puget Sound, Wash.”
Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot, Puget Sound, WA
Aug 1940 Pvt, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA “30Jan40; 9, Jdfr GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, Wash.
Sep-Oct 1940 Pvt, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA
Nov-Dec 1940 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA “20Nov, pro (temp).”
Jan 1941 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA
Apr 1941 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA
Jul 1941 PFC, MB, NAD, Puget Sound, WA “30Jan40; 30, to MBNAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”
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; 1-3, fur.”
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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