- SURNAME
Cramer
- FORENAME
Roy Gibson
- UNIT
3rd Parachute Battalion (Company L)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
463654
- DATE OF DEATH
9th December 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, Kansas, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 01.01.1922 Joplin, Missouri, USA
father Roy Albert Cramer (1892-1978)
mother Della Mae (nee Gibson) Cramer (1892-1996)
graduated Laramie Wyoming High School
employed in storeroom
30.06.1942 draft card Kansas
12.10.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Cramer, 2230 Croning Street, Parsons, Kansas
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Dec-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192304594/roy-gibson-cramerSERVICE HISTORY:
CRAMER, Roy G, PFC, 521/745 SN: 463654
Born: XX Xxx 1922 Missouri
Enlisted USMCR: 12 Oct 1942 (Home of Record: 2230 Croning Street, Parsons, Kansas)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, KS (Plot , Grave )
9th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “12Oct42; 16, jdfr CRD; 12, enl DHS Kansas City”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co A, ParaTrng School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “9, pro(temp); 1-8, studpara; 9, desig Para; 9-14, Para; 14, to ACPF, Camp Elliott”
Company C, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 PFC, Co C, 3rd ParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “12Oct42; 14, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-E at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
Born: XX Xxx 1922 Missouri
Enlisted USMCR: 12 Oct 1942 (Home of Record: 2230 Croning Street, Parsons, Kansas)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, KS (Plot , Grave )
9th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “12Oct42; 16, jdfr CRD; 12, enl DHS Kansas City”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co A, ParaTrng School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “9, pro(temp); 1-8, studpara; 9, desig Para; 9-14, Para; 14, to ACPF, Camp Elliott”
Company C, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 PFC, Co C, 3rd ParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “12Oct42; 14, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-E at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
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