- SURNAME
Buck
- FORENAME
Robert Edward
- UNIT
1st Amphibious Recon Bn (5 MarDiv)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
409238
- DATE OF DEATH
22nd February 1944
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Union Cemetery, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from West Chatham, Massachusetts
born 27.07.1924, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
father Charles Edward Buck (1864-1942)
mother Mary J. Buck (1904-1926)
brother of William E. Buck, Main Street, Chatham, Massachusetts
17.07.1942 entered service
KIA Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
22-Feb-1944FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137516679/robert-edward-buckSERVICE HISTORY:
BUCK, Robert E., PFC 521/776 SN: 409238
Born: 27 Jul 1924 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Enlisted USMC: 01 Jul 1942 (Home of Record: Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: 22 Feb 1944 (KIA, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands)
Interred: Union Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA (Section , Site )
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jul 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "1Jul42; 3, jdfr ERD; 1, enl DHS Boston, Mass."
Sep 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "to SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC"
2nd Radio Company, Signal Battalion, Training Center, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 2ndRadCo, SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC "Stud, Radio School"
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRadCo, SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC "1-6 & 12-18, stud, RadOps Course; 2, assgd CP; 7-11, fur; 19, to Hq, FMF, SDA, Camp Elliott, Linda Vista, Calif."
Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, Corps Troops, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, AmphRecCo, Corps Trs, ACPF, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "1Jul42; CP; 25, jdfr 2ndRadCo, SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC"
Apr 1943 Pvt, AmphRecCo, Corps Trs, ACPF, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "CP"
Jul 1943 Pvt, AmphRecCo, Corps Trs, ACPF, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "CP"
Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, Corps HQ Troops, 5th Amphibious Corps
Oct 1943 Pvt, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VAC , FMF, In the Field "CP"
Nov 1943 Pvt, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VAC , FMF, In the Field (Apemama Atoll, B.G.I.) "CP"
Jan 1944 PFC, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VAC , FMF, In the Field (Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands) "CP; 1, 2, spl temp d conn trng abd USS KANE; 13, pro; 21-31, spl temp d conn plans and opers, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands"
Feb 1944 PFC, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VC, FMF, In the Field (Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands)
Born: 27 Jul 1924 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Enlisted USMC: 01 Jul 1942 (Home of Record: Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: 22 Feb 1944 (KIA, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands)
Interred: Union Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA (Section , Site )
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jul 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "1Jul42; 3, jdfr ERD; 1, enl DHS Boston, Mass."
Sep 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "to SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC"
2nd Radio Company, Signal Battalion, Training Center, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 2ndRadCo, SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC "Stud, Radio School"
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRadCo, SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC "1-6 & 12-18, stud, RadOps Course; 2, assgd CP; 7-11, fur; 19, to Hq, FMF, SDA, Camp Elliott, Linda Vista, Calif."
Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, Corps Troops, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, AmphRecCo, Corps Trs, ACPF, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "1Jul42; CP; 25, jdfr 2ndRadCo, SigBn, TC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC"
Apr 1943 Pvt, AmphRecCo, Corps Trs, ACPF, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "CP"
Jul 1943 Pvt, AmphRecCo, Corps Trs, ACPF, MB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "CP"
Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, Corps HQ Troops, 5th Amphibious Corps
Oct 1943 Pvt, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VAC , FMF, In the Field "CP"
Nov 1943 Pvt, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VAC , FMF, In the Field (Apemama Atoll, B.G.I.) "CP"
Jan 1944 PFC, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VAC , FMF, In the Field (Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands) "CP; 1, 2, spl temp d conn trng abd USS KANE; 13, pro; 21-31, spl temp d conn plans and opers, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands"
Feb 1944 PFC, AmphReconCo, CorpsHqTrs, VC, FMF, In the Field (Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands)
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