- SURNAME
Booth
- FORENAME
Alfred John
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (HQ Company)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
357027
- DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Hillside Cemetery, Torrington, Connecticut, USA. Section E.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 05.10.1920
14.01.1942 entered service
Nexst of kin - Father, Mr. Ernest Booth, 60 Broad Street, Torrington, Connecticut
KIA Enogai, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
10-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208617214/alfred-j-boothSERVICE HISTORY:
BOOTH, Alfred J., PFC 521/745 (Rifleman) SN: 357027
Born: XX Xxx 1921 Connecticut
Enlisted USMC: 14 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 60 Broad Street, Torrington, Connecticut)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, Litchfield County, CT (Section F, Grave 547)
Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “14Jan42; 14, Jdenl at DHS Springfield, Mass., and tr to MB, PI, SC same date”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “14Jan42; 15, jdenl fr DHS Springfield, Mass.”
Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Am. Samoa) “1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-3, 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; 29, on bd USS ZEILIN at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 30, disemb & encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS GREGORY for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, B.S.I.)
Sep 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.)
Oct 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “Evacuated from Guadalcanal, B.S.I. during the month of Sep, 1942 and his present whereabouts and status unknown. (Attached to CasDet, HqCo, HqBn, 1st MarDiv per Muster Rolls)”
Company C, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 PFC, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “6, pro (TA); 1-5, at Wellington, N.Z.; 6, sailed; 6-9, underway; 10, arr & disemb at Noumea, N.C.”
Apr 1943 PFC, 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 PFC, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “15Jan42; 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.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, B.S.I. and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: XX Xxx 1921 Connecticut
Enlisted USMC: 14 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 60 Broad Street, Torrington, Connecticut)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, Litchfield County, CT (Section F, Grave 547)
Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “14Jan42; 14, Jdenl at DHS Springfield, Mass., and tr to MB, PI, SC same date”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “14Jan42; 15, jdenl fr DHS Springfield, Mass.”
Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Am. Samoa) “1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-3, 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; 29, on bd USS ZEILIN at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 30, disemb & encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS GREGORY for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, B.S.I.)
Sep 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.)
Oct 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “Evacuated from Guadalcanal, B.S.I. during the month of Sep, 1942 and his present whereabouts and status unknown. (Attached to CasDet, HqCo, HqBn, 1st MarDiv per Muster Rolls)”
Company C, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 PFC, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “6, pro (TA); 1-5, at Wellington, N.Z.; 6, sailed; 6-9, underway; 10, arr & disemb at Noumea, N.C.”
Apr 1943 PFC, 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 PFC, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “15Jan42; 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.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, B.S.I. and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
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