- SURNAME
Bovenschulte
- FORENAME
William Grant
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
504373
- DATE OF DEATH
11th July 1943
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Plot 2 338
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 29.08.1923, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana
father Carl Henry Bovenschulte (1898-1963)
mother Thelma (nee Davis) Bovenschulte (1898-1980)
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Thelma Bovenschulte, 504 2d Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana
KIA Enogai, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
11-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78574476/william-g-bovenschultzSERVICE HISTORY:
BOVENSCHULTE, William G., Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 504373
Born: 29 Aug 1923 Indiana
Enlisted USMCR: 01 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: Terre Haute, Indiana)
Died: 11 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL (Section 2, Grave 338)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Dec 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “1Dec42; Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 4, jdfr CRD; 2, Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis.”
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, Tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 27, to FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 27, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 17Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “1Dec42; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY 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.; 11, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried in Grave #7, 200 yards east of bridge, Enogai Point ; GO#20 does not apply.”
Born: 29 Aug 1923 Indiana
Enlisted USMCR: 01 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: Terre Haute, Indiana)
Died: 11 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL (Section 2, Grave 338)
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Dec 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “1Dec42; Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 4, jdfr CRD; 2, Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis.”
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, Tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 27, to FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 27, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 17Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “1Dec42; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY 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.; 11, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried in Grave #7, 200 yards east of bridge, Enogai Point ; GO#20 does not apply.”
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