- SURNAME
Hampton
- FORENAME
Arthur David
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company E)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
293337
- DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Phaniels Baptist Church Cemetery, Rockwell, North Carolina, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.08.1922, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
father David Samuel Hampton (1881-1960)
mother Ida May (nee Furr) Hampton (1885-1978)
Next of kin - Mother. Mrs D.S. Hampton, Route 2, Rockwell, North Carolina
KIA Tulagi, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
07-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189134054/arthur-david-hamptonSERVICE HISTORY:
HAMPTON, Arthur D., PFC 521/504/604(MG Crewman) SN: 293337
Born: XX Xxx 1922 North Carolina
Enlisted USMC: 29 Aug 1940 (Home of Record: Route 2, Rockwell, North Carolina)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, NC (Section , Row , Site ).
Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Aug 1940 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “29Aug40; 29, Acc & enl at DHS Raleigh, NC; 30, to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
1st Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Aug 1940 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Aug40; 30, Jdenl fr DHS Raleigh, NC”
Sep-Oct 1940 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “14Oct, unqual; 25, to Prov Co “D”, Post”
Provisional Company D, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Oct 1940 Pvt, ProvCo D, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Aug40; 25, jdfr 1stRBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Nov-Dec 1940 Pvt, ProvCo D, MB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, ProvCo D, MB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “1, tr to Co B, 1stBn, 5thRegt, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba.”
Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1941 Pvt, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, On board USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R. “3Sep40; 1, jdfr Prov Co “D”, Gtmo Bay, Cuba; 24-25, sk Ships Sk Bay, USS MC CAWLEY”
Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1941 Pvt, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Parris Island, SC “18-23, sk in Sk Qtrs, Post”
Jul 1941 Pvt, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-31, Emb on bd USS COLHOUN on 18Jun41, for such d as the CinC, Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Oct 1941 PFC, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Company D, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 PFC, Co D, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA “1-3, fur.”
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 PFC, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Amer. Samoa) “1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-5, enroute; 6, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 6-11, 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; 30, disemb and encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “4, emb on bd the USS HEYWOOD for transport fr Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 25, emb on bd USS MONOWIA for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7, Killed in Action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands and buried in Cemetery on island, Row #?, Grave #?; GO#20 does not apply
Born: XX Xxx 1922 North Carolina
Enlisted USMC: 29 Aug 1940 (Home of Record: Route 2, Rockwell, North Carolina)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, NC (Section , Row , Site ).
Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Aug 1940 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “29Aug40; 29, Acc & enl at DHS Raleigh, NC; 30, to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
1st Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Aug 1940 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Aug40; 30, Jdenl fr DHS Raleigh, NC”
Sep-Oct 1940 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “14Oct, unqual; 25, to Prov Co “D”, Post”
Provisional Company D, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Oct 1940 Pvt, ProvCo D, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Aug40; 25, jdfr 1stRBn, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Nov-Dec 1940 Pvt, ProvCo D, MB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, ProvCo D, MB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “1, tr to Co B, 1stBn, 5thRegt, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba.”
Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1941 Pvt, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, On board USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R. “3Sep40; 1, jdfr Prov Co “D”, Gtmo Bay, Cuba; 24-25, sk Ships Sk Bay, USS MC CAWLEY”
Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1941 Pvt, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Parris Island, SC “18-23, sk in Sk Qtrs, Post”
Jul 1941 Pvt, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-31, Emb on bd USS COLHOUN on 18Jun41, for such d as the CinC, Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Oct 1941 PFC, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Company D, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 PFC, Co D, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA “1-3, fur.”
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 PFC, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Amer. Samoa) “1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-5, enroute; 6, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 6-11, 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; 30, disemb and encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “4, emb on bd the USS HEYWOOD for transport fr Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 25, emb on bd USS MONOWIA for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 PFC, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7, Killed in Action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands and buried in Cemetery on island, Row #?, Grave #?; GO#20 does not apply
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