- SURNAME
Bergstrand
- FORENAME
Wallace Hellgerd
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
282172
- DATE OF DEATH
14th September 1942
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 12, Site 3515
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 09.11.1918, Chafee, Colorado
Next of kin - Sister, Mrs. Walter N.J., Reuther, 1246 South 6th Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin
KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
14-Sep-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49121251/wallace-h-bergstrandSERVICE HISTORY:
BERGSTRAND, Wallace H., Sgt 521/745/653/651 SN: 282172
Born: 09 Nov 1918 Wisconsin
Enlisted USMC: 31 Jan 1940 (Home of Record: 1246 S. 6th Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA (Section 12, Site 3515)
Marine Barracks, US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL
Jan 1940 Pvt, MB, USNTS, Great Lakes, IL “31Jan40; 31, Jdby enl. Awtg tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Feb 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, SC “31Jan40; 4, jdenl fr MB, NTS, Great Lakes, Ill.; 4-29, RI”
Mar 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-13, RI; 14, to MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, Va.”
Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
Mar 1940 Pvt, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “15, jdfr RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, SC; 22-31, NYd Fire Dept”
Apr-Jun 1940 Pvt, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “NYd Fire Dept”
Jul-Dec 1940 PFC, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “NYd Fire Dept; 25Jul, pro (temp); 21-24Dec, fur.”
Headquarters Company, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1941 PFC, HqCo, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R. “31Jan40; 23, jdfr Bks Det, MB, NOB, Norfolk, Va.; 6, emb and sailed on bd USS RAPIDAN fr NOB, Norfolk, Va.; 23, arr and disemb at Gtmo Bay, Cuba; 25-31, Rear Echelon, Base Camp, Gtmo Bay, Cuba”
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MC KEAN, Miami, FL “Abd USS MC KEAN for such duty as the CinC of the Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Oct 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “24-28, on bd USS LITTLE on temp d in conn with Navy Day demonstration at Washington D.C.”
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, 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”
Jul 1942 Sgt, Co B, 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; 11, disemb; 23, emb on bd USS COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 Sgt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is)
Sep 1942 Sgt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands) “14, Killed in Action”
Born: 09 Nov 1918 Wisconsin
Enlisted USMC: 31 Jan 1940 (Home of Record: 1246 S. 6th Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA (Section 12, Site 3515)
Marine Barracks, US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL
Jan 1940 Pvt, MB, USNTS, Great Lakes, IL “31Jan40; 31, Jdby enl. Awtg tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Feb 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, SC “31Jan40; 4, jdenl fr MB, NTS, Great Lakes, Ill.; 4-29, RI”
Mar 1940 Pvt, RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-13, RI; 14, to MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, Va.”
Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
Mar 1940 Pvt, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “15, jdfr RDep Det, MB, Parris Island, SC; 22-31, NYd Fire Dept”
Apr-Jun 1940 Pvt, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “NYd Fire Dept”
Jul-Dec 1940 PFC, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “NYd Fire Dept; 25Jul, pro (temp); 21-24Dec, fur.”
Headquarters Company, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1941 PFC, HqCo, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R. “31Jan40; 23, jdfr Bks Det, MB, NOB, Norfolk, Va.; 6, emb and sailed on bd USS RAPIDAN fr NOB, Norfolk, Va.; 23, arr and disemb at Gtmo Bay, Cuba; 25-31, Rear Echelon, Base Camp, Gtmo Bay, Cuba”
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MC KEAN, Miami, FL “Abd USS MC KEAN for such duty as the CinC of the Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Oct 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “24-28, on bd USS LITTLE on temp d in conn with Navy Day demonstration at Washington D.C.”
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, 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”
Jul 1942 Sgt, Co B, 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; 11, disemb; 23, emb on bd USS COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 Sgt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is)
Sep 1942 Sgt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands) “14, Killed in Action”
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