- SURNAME
Kirkman
- FORENAME
Adrian London
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Bn/Regiment (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
276625
- DATE OF DEATH
14th September 1942
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Greensboro, North Carolina
born 09.01.1922, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
father Adrian Linden Kirkman (1888-1934)
mother Annie (nee Alvis) Kirkman (1889-1987) of 216 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, North Carolina
enlisted 02.11.1939
parachute battalion 05.1941
KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
14-Sep-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66494166/adrian-london-kirkmanSERVICE HISTORY:
KIRKMAN, Adrian L, PFC SN: 276625
Born: 09 Jan 1922 Petersburg, Virginia
Enlisted USMC: 02 Nov 1939 DHS, Savannah, GA (Home of Record: 216 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, NC (Section 1, Grave 67)
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Nov 1939 Pvt, Hq, SRD, New Orleans, LA “1Nov39, Acc & enl at DHS Savannah, Ga.; To MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
Recruiting Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Nov 1939 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, Parris Island, SC “1Nov39; 2, Jdfr SRD, 1, enl at DHS Savannah, Ga.; 2-30, RI”
Dec 1939 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, Parris Island, SC “1Nov39; 1-6, RI; 7, To 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, Va.”
Headquarters & Service Company, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Dec 1939 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “8 Jdfr RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, S.C.; 9-31, R Anti Tank Plat”
Jan-Feb 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Culebra, P.R. “R Anti Tank Plat”
Mar-Apr 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “1-16Apr, fur., 17-30Apr, R Anti Tank Plat”
May 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “R Anti Tank Plat”
Jun 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “ 9-22, temp d with Co”M”, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, in conn with combat practice firing at Indiantown Gap, Pa.”
Jun 1940 Pvt, Co M, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “ 9-22, fr Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF,MB, Quantico, Va., in conn with combat practice firing at Indiantown Gap, Pa.”
Jul-Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “R Anti Tank Plat”
Oct 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “1-8, Msm.; 9-31, temp d 2dBn, 5thMar”
Oct 1940 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “9-31, temp att fr Hq&SerCo, 5thMar,1MB, FMF, Post ”
Nov 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS BARNETT, Ponce, P.R.
Dec 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS MC CAWLEY, At Sea
Apr 1941 PFC, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “R Anti Tank Plat, 23, pro.”
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
May-Jun 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J. “member parachute det, under instn”
Company A, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMAW, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA ”Spl 1cl Parachutist”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 24-29, temp d at MB Quantico, Va. in conn with Navy Day activities at Anacostia, D.C.”
Jan 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Apr 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 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, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Sep 1942 PFC, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)”14, KIA
Born: 09 Jan 1922 Petersburg, Virginia
Enlisted USMC: 02 Nov 1939 DHS, Savannah, GA (Home of Record: 216 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, NC (Section 1, Grave 67)
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Nov 1939 Pvt, Hq, SRD, New Orleans, LA “1Nov39, Acc & enl at DHS Savannah, Ga.; To MB, Parris Island, S.C.”
Recruiting Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Nov 1939 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, Parris Island, SC “1Nov39; 2, Jdfr SRD, 1, enl at DHS Savannah, Ga.; 2-30, RI”
Dec 1939 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, Parris Island, SC “1Nov39; 1-6, RI; 7, To 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, Va.”
Headquarters & Service Company, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Dec 1939 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “8 Jdfr RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, S.C.; 9-31, R Anti Tank Plat”
Jan-Feb 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Culebra, P.R. “R Anti Tank Plat”
Mar-Apr 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “1-16Apr, fur., 17-30Apr, R Anti Tank Plat”
May 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “R Anti Tank Plat”
Jun 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “ 9-22, temp d with Co”M”, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, in conn with combat practice firing at Indiantown Gap, Pa.”
Jun 1940 Pvt, Co M, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “ 9-22, fr Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF,MB, Quantico, Va., in conn with combat practice firing at Indiantown Gap, Pa.”
Jul-Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “R Anti Tank Plat”
Oct 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “1-8, Msm.; 9-31, temp d 2dBn, 5thMar”
Oct 1940 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “9-31, temp att fr Hq&SerCo, 5thMar,1MB, FMF, Post ”
Nov 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS BARNETT, Ponce, P.R.
Dec 1940 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS MC CAWLEY, At Sea
Apr 1941 PFC, Hq&SerCo, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “R Anti Tank Plat, 23, pro.”
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
May-Jun 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J. “member parachute det, under instn”
Company A, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMAW, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA ”Spl 1cl Parachutist”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 24-29, temp d at MB Quantico, Va. in conn with Navy Day activities at Anacostia, D.C.”
Jan 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Apr 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 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, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Sep 1942 PFC, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)”14, KIA
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