- SURNAME
Ellison
- FORENAME
Clyde Wheeler
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Bn (Company B)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
263257
- DATE OF DEATH
9th August 1942
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Tablets of the Missing
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
born 19.02.1919 Stratford, Oklahoma, USA
12.01.1938 entered service
son of Benjamin W. Ellison, Route 1, Box 212, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
07.08.1942 WIA Tulagi, Solomon Islands
DOW onboard USS Neville
Buried at sea
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56760118/clyde-wheeler-ellisonSERVICE HISTORY:
ELLISON, Clyde W, Pvt SN: 263257
Born: XX Xxx 19XX
Enlisted USMC: 12 Jan 1938 DHS, New Orleans, LA (Home of Record: Rt 1, Box 212, Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
Killed in Action: 09 Aug 1942 (DOW, Gavutu-Tanambogo, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Buried at Sea by US Naval authority. His name is inscribed on the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Fort William McKinley, Manila, the Philippines
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Jan 1938 Pvt, Hq, SRD, New Orleans, LA “ 12Jan38; 12,Acc&enl at HqSRD New Orleans, LA; 13, tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1938 Pvt, RecDepDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “14, Jdenl fr DHS, New Orleans, La.; 14-31 RI.”
Feb 1938 Pvt, RecDepDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI.”
Mar 1938 Pvt, RecDepDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-7, RI; 8, to MB, NYd, Philadelphia, Pa.”
Marine Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “12Jan38; 9, jdfr RD Det, MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
Apr 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “30 only, sk USNH, Phila.”
May 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-16, 27-31, sk USNH, Phila.”
Jun 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Sk USNH, Phila.”
Jul 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-4, sk USNH, Phila.; 5-31, Msm.”
Aug 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “2-11, sk USNH Phila.”
Sep-Dec 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Jan 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Feb 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-3, Msm.; 4-16, sk USNH, Phila.”
Mar 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Apr 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-11, Msm.; 12-30, sk USNH, Phila. GO#20”
May 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-15, sk USNH, Phila. GO#20”
Jun 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “18-30, Msm.”
Jul-Aug 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Sep 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “16-29, on temp det d at MD, RR, Cape May, N.J. in conn SATP; 25, qual MM”
Oct 1939 PFC, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “7-31, Temp det d at State Mil. Res. Indiantown Gap, Pa. in conn with annual encampment of Basic School; 17, pro.”
Nov 1939 PFC, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-3, Temp det d at State Mil. Res. Indiantown Gap, Pa. in conn with annual encampment of Basic School; 21, to MD, RecSta., NYd, Phila. Pa.”
Marine Detachment, Receiving Station, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1939 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “12Jan38; 21, jdfr MD, MB, NYd, Phila. Pa.”
Dec 1939 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA
Jan-May 1940 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “SD, NYd Fire Dept”
Jun 1940 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “1-9 and 16-21, SD, NYd Fire Dept; 10-17, sk USNH Phila.PA; 22-30, temp d RR Cape May, NJ conn SATP”
Jul 1940 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “ 12Jan38; 7, to Co”F”, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF”
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF
Jul 1940 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “12Jan38; 9, Jdfr MarDet, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, Pa.”
Aug-Sep 1940 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Oct 1940 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “27-30, sk Fld Hosp, 5thMar Camp”
Nov 1940 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS BARNETT, Ponce, P.R. “25, pro(Temp Warrant)”
Dec 1940 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS HARRY LEE, Culebra, P.R. “1, to Co”F”, 2ndBn, 7thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF”
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF
Jan 1941 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 7thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay “1, jdfr Co”F”, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF”
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF
Apr 1941 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 1stMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Parris Island, SC “23-30, fur.”
Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF
Jul 1941 PFC, Co C, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MANLEY, Miami, FL “1-31, aboard USS MANLEY, APD Sqdrn 6, for such d as the CinC, Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Oct 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”1-16, Spl 1cl parachutist under instn parachute det; 17, qualified as parachutist. 18-31, instr parachute det.”
B Company, 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 PFC, B Co, 2ndPara Bn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “Para; 19-21, temp d RRDet, BTrs, MCB, San Diego; 22-31, temp d MD, Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.”
Apr 1942 PFC, B Co, 2ndPara Bn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
B Company, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, B Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, USS HEYWOOD, At Sea “12Jan38; 15, jdfr Co”B”(Intra-Bn)
Aug 1942 Pvt, B Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Born: XX Xxx 19XX
Enlisted USMC: 12 Jan 1938 DHS, New Orleans, LA (Home of Record: Rt 1, Box 212, Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
Killed in Action: 09 Aug 1942 (DOW, Gavutu-Tanambogo, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Buried at Sea by US Naval authority. His name is inscribed on the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Fort William McKinley, Manila, the Philippines
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Jan 1938 Pvt, Hq, SRD, New Orleans, LA “ 12Jan38; 12,Acc&enl at HqSRD New Orleans, LA; 13, tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1938 Pvt, RecDepDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “14, Jdenl fr DHS, New Orleans, La.; 14-31 RI.”
Feb 1938 Pvt, RecDepDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI.”
Mar 1938 Pvt, RecDepDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-7, RI; 8, to MB, NYd, Philadelphia, Pa.”
Marine Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “12Jan38; 9, jdfr RD Det, MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
Apr 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “30 only, sk USNH, Phila.”
May 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-16, 27-31, sk USNH, Phila.”
Jun 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Sk USNH, Phila.”
Jul 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-4, sk USNH, Phila.; 5-31, Msm.”
Aug 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “2-11, sk USNH Phila.”
Sep-Dec 1938 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Jan 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Feb 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-3, Msm.; 4-16, sk USNH, Phila.”
Mar 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Apr 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-11, Msm.; 12-30, sk USNH, Phila. GO#20”
May 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-15, sk USNH, Phila. GO#20”
Jun 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “18-30, Msm.”
Jul-Aug 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “Msm.”
Sep 1939 Pvt, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “16-29, on temp det d at MD, RR, Cape May, N.J. in conn SATP; 25, qual MM”
Oct 1939 PFC, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “7-31, Temp det d at State Mil. Res. Indiantown Gap, Pa. in conn with annual encampment of Basic School; 17, pro.”
Nov 1939 PFC, MD, MB, NYd, Phila., PA “1-3, Temp det d at State Mil. Res. Indiantown Gap, Pa. in conn with annual encampment of Basic School; 21, to MD, RecSta., NYd, Phila. Pa.”
Marine Detachment, Receiving Station, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1939 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “12Jan38; 21, jdfr MD, MB, NYd, Phila. Pa.”
Dec 1939 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA
Jan-May 1940 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “SD, NYd Fire Dept”
Jun 1940 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “1-9 and 16-21, SD, NYd Fire Dept; 10-17, sk USNH Phila.PA; 22-30, temp d RR Cape May, NJ conn SATP”
Jul 1940 PFC, MD, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “ 12Jan38; 7, to Co”F”, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF”
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF
Jul 1940 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “12Jan38; 9, Jdfr MarDet, RecSta, NYd, Philadelphia, Pa.”
Aug-Sep 1940 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Oct 1940 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “27-30, sk Fld Hosp, 5thMar Camp”
Nov 1940 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS BARNETT, Ponce, P.R. “25, pro(Temp Warrant)”
Dec 1940 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS HARRY LEE, Culebra, P.R. “1, to Co”F”, 2ndBn, 7thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF”
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF
Jan 1941 Cpl, Co F, 2ndBn, 7thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay “1, jdfr Co”F”, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF”
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF
Apr 1941 PFC, Co F, 2ndBn, 1stMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Parris Island, SC “23-30, fur.”
Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF
Jul 1941 PFC, Co C, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MANLEY, Miami, FL “1-31, aboard USS MANLEY, APD Sqdrn 6, for such d as the CinC, Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Oct 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”1-16, Spl 1cl parachutist under instn parachute det; 17, qualified as parachutist. 18-31, instr parachute det.”
B Company, 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 PFC, B Co, 2ndPara Bn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “Para; 19-21, temp d RRDet, BTrs, MCB, San Diego; 22-31, temp d MD, Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.”
Apr 1942 PFC, B Co, 2ndPara Bn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
B Company, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, B Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, USS HEYWOOD, At Sea “12Jan38; 15, jdfr Co”B”(Intra-Bn)
Aug 1942 Pvt, B Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
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