RAIDERS Hinkle, Fred Lawrence

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Hinkle
  • FORENAME
Fred Lawrence
  • UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company E)
  • RANK
Sergeant
  • NUMBER
268225
  • DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
  • AGE
21
  • GRAVESITE
Pine Hill Cemetery, Louisa, Kentucky, USA
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 05.04.1921, Kentucky, USA
father Fred F. Hinkle (1883-1960)
mother Laura Belle (nee Dials) Hinkle (1887-1931)
attended McVeigh
Next of kin - Father, Mr. Fred F. Hinkle, McVeigh, Kentucky
1938 enlisted Quantico, Virginia
KIA Tulagi, Solomon Islands
 

DATE OF DEATH:

07-Aug-1942

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132593734/fred-lawrence-hinkle

SERVICE HISTORY:

HINKLE, Fred L., Sgt, 521/745/653/651 SN: 268225
Born: 05 Apr 1921 Pike County, Kentucky
Enlisted USMC: 29 Sep 1938 (Home of Record: McVeigh, Kentucky)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Pine Hill Cemetery, Louisa, Lawrence County, KY

Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 405 New Custom House, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 1938 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA "29Sep38; 29, Jdenl at RS Balto, Md.; to RD, MB, Parris Island, S.C."
Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1938 Pvt, RD Det, MB, Parris Island, SC "29Sep38; 30, Jdenl fr Baltimore, Md.;30 only, RI"
Oct 1938 Pvt, RD Det, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC "RI"
Nov 1938 Pvt, RD Det, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC "22, qual SS;1-27, RI;28, to FMB, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA"

Company H, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Nov-Dec 1938 Pvt, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "29Sep38; 29Nov, jdfr RD Det, MB, Parris Island, SC"
Jan-Feb 1939 Pvt, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Camp Johnson, Culebra, P.R.
Mar-Jul 1939 Pvt, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "22-31Mar, fur; 21Apr, qual Mks"
Aug 1939 Pvt, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Camp Perry, OH "1-31, Msm."
Sep-Dec 1939 PFC, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "1Sep, pro;20-31Dec, fur"
Jan-Feb 1940 PFC, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, 5thMar Camp, Culebra, P.R. "1-2Jan, fur"
Mar-Aug 1940 PFC, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "21Aug, qual SS"
Sep 1940 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "10, pro (temp warr)"
Oct-Dec 1940 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba; Ponce & Culebra, P.R.
Jan 1941 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS HARRY LEE, Culebra, P.R.
Apr 1941 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "10-29, fur."

Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 Cpl, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, On board USS LITTLE, Miami, FL
Oct 1941 Cpl, Co D, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA "24-27, temp d on bd USS MANLEY in conn with Navy Day exercises at Washington, D.C."

Company D, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet, MB, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 Cpl, Co D, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA "6-13, on bd USS COLHOUN for duty under the CinC, Atlantic Fleet"
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet, MB, Quantico, VA
Apr 1942 Sgt, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, ACAF, MB, Quantico, VA "1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-4, 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; 30, disemb and encamped at Tutuila, Samoa"
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Sgt, 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 MANOWIA for spl assignment and sailed same date."
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 Sgt, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) "7, Killed in Action at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands and buried in US Naval Cemetery on island, Row #?, Grave #?; GO#20 does not apply
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