- SURNAME
Hodges
- FORENAME
Burrell Dan, Jr.
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
347897
- DATE OF DEATH
9th July 1943
- AGE
18
- GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 2, Grave 67
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Virginia
born 11.01.1925, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
father Burrell Hodges (1902-1981)
mother Alice Alder (nee McBride) Hodges (1905-2003)
attended Ruffner High School
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Alice Hodges, 1820 Claiborne Ave., Norfolk, Virginia
10.02.1942 enlisted Parris Island, South Carolina
KIA Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56783050/burrell-d-hodgesSERVICE HISTORY:
HODGES, Burrell D., Jr, Pvt 521/522/745(Rifleman) SN: 347897
Born: 12 Feb 1926 Norfolk, Virginia
Enlisted USMC: 07 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 1820 Claiborne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia)
Died: 09 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fort William McKinley Cemetery, Manila, P.I. (Section F, Row 2, Grave 67)
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “7Jan42; Jdenl at RS Washington, D.C., and tr to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “7Jan42; 8, jdenl fr RS Washington, D.C.”
2nd Guard Company, Marine Barracks, Naval Operating Base, Newport, RI
Apr 1942 Pvt, 2ndGdCo, MB, NOB, Newport, RI “7Jan42”
Jul 1942 Pvt, 2ndGdCo, MB, NOB, Newport, RI “1-3, Conf ser sent SCM, App ISinC 19Jun42; 4-14, PAL, 8, SCM Pub sent to BCD. Rem to 6 mos prob. App CA, 25Jun42, ISinC 2Jul42, 14-31, Conf ser Sent.”
4th Replacement Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, In the Field
Oct 1942 Pvt, 4thReplBn, FMF, In the Field (Aboard USS TRYON) “19, emb and 20, sailed abd USS TRYON at San Diego, Calif.”
Service Company, Special & Service Battalion, Corps Troops, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, SerCo, Spl&SerBn, Corps Trs, IMAC, In the Field
Company C 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “10-14 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “7Jan42; 4, emb abd USS SCHLEY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 09, KIA at Enogai Point on New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried in Grave #5, Row #5, Plot #27, New Georgia Cemetery; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: 12 Feb 1926 Norfolk, Virginia
Enlisted USMC: 07 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 1820 Claiborne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia)
Died: 09 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fort William McKinley Cemetery, Manila, P.I. (Section F, Row 2, Grave 67)
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “7Jan42; Jdenl at RS Washington, D.C., and tr to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “7Jan42; 8, jdenl fr RS Washington, D.C.”
2nd Guard Company, Marine Barracks, Naval Operating Base, Newport, RI
Apr 1942 Pvt, 2ndGdCo, MB, NOB, Newport, RI “7Jan42”
Jul 1942 Pvt, 2ndGdCo, MB, NOB, Newport, RI “1-3, Conf ser sent SCM, App ISinC 19Jun42; 4-14, PAL, 8, SCM Pub sent to BCD. Rem to 6 mos prob. App CA, 25Jun42, ISinC 2Jul42, 14-31, Conf ser Sent.”
4th Replacement Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, In the Field
Oct 1942 Pvt, 4thReplBn, FMF, In the Field (Aboard USS TRYON) “19, emb and 20, sailed abd USS TRYON at San Diego, Calif.”
Service Company, Special & Service Battalion, Corps Troops, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, SerCo, Spl&SerBn, Corps Trs, IMAC, In the Field
Company C 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “10-14 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “7Jan42; 4, emb abd USS SCHLEY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 09, KIA at Enogai Point on New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried in Grave #5, Row #5, Plot #27, New Georgia Cemetery; GO#20 does not apply.
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