- SURNAME
Allan
- FORENAME
John Wesley
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
351774
- DATE OF DEATH
9th August 1942
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA. Plot H, 10885
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 22.03.1922, New York
14.01.1942 entered service USMC
04.1942 1st Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs Mary Allan, 100-41, 198th Street, New York
DOW Tulagi, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2604723/john-wesley-allanSERVICE HISTORY:
ALLAN, John Wesley, Pvt 521/761 (Scout Sniper) SN: 351774
Born: 24 Mar 1922 New York
Enlisted USMC: 14 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 100-41, 198th Street, New York, NY)
Died of Wounds: 9 Aug 1942 (WIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY (Section H, Site 10885)
Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “14Jan42; 14, Jdenl at DHS New York, NY. and tr to MB, PI, SC same date”
12th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 12thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “14Jan42; 15, Jdenl at DHS New York, NY”
Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa) “1, rated spl 5cl (Sniper); 1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-3, enroute; 4, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 4-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 29, on bd USS ZEILIN at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 30, disemb & encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS GREGORY for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “8, Wounded in Action; 9, Died of Wounds”
Born: 24 Mar 1922 New York
Enlisted USMC: 14 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 100-41, 198th Street, New York, NY)
Died of Wounds: 9 Aug 1942 (WIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY (Section H, Site 10885)
Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “14Jan42; 14, Jdenl at DHS New York, NY. and tr to MB, PI, SC same date”
12th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 12thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “14Jan42; 15, Jdenl at DHS New York, NY”
Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa) “1, rated spl 5cl (Sniper); 1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-3, enroute; 4, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 4-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 29, on bd USS ZEILIN at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 30, disemb & encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS GREGORY for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “8, Wounded in Action; 9, Died of Wounds”
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