PARAMARINES Shutta, Abe Frank

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Shutta
  • FORENAME
Abe Frank
  • UNIT
3rd Parachute Battalion (HQ Company)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
448879
  • DATE OF DEATH
9th December 1943
  • AGE
31
  • GRAVESITE
McIntosh-Hawkins, Cemetery, Stidham, Oklahoma, USA
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 12.04.1913 Kuni, New Mexico, USA
wife Ellen L. (nee McIntosh) Shutta (1908-1956)
Native American
employed by Norman A. Shenk
16.10.1940 draft card
09.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Wife, Mrs. Abe F. Shutta, Box 66, Stidham, Oklahoma
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
obituary shows DOB 12.09.1912
 

DATE OF DEATH:

09-Dec-1943

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10800730/abe-frank-shutta

SERVICE HISTORY:

SHUTTA, Abe F., PFC, 521/050 SN: 448879
Born: 12 Apr 1912 Oklahoma
Enlisted USMCR: Sep 1942 (Home of Record: Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: McIntosh-Hawkins Cemetery, Stidham, McIntosh County, OK (Section , Row , Grave )

Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, WRD, San Francisco, CA “Sep42; Enl at DHS Santa Fe, N.M., and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, CA”
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “Sep42; Jd fr WRD, Santa Fe, N.M.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA

Headquarters Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Hq Co, 3rd ParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “Bn Carpenter”
Headquarters Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Bn-Carpenter”
Jul 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Bn Carpenter”
Oct 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Bn Carpenter; Main body of 3rdParBn; 13, emb on board LST V-11-D at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Bn Carpenter; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
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