- SURNAME
Bradley
- FORENAME
Marion Eugene
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
344024
- DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Wolf Creek Cemetery, Eldorado, Illinois, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 21.06.1922
Next of kin - Father, Mr. Marion Bradley, Route 2, Stendal, Indiana
enlisted 06.01.1942
KIA Tulagi, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
07-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83479262/marion-e-bradleySERVICE HISTORY:
BRADLEY, Marion E., Pvt 521/745 SN: 344024
Born: 21 Jan 1922 Pike County, Indiana
Enlisted USMC: 07 Jan 1942 DHS Louisville, KY (Home of Record: Rt. 2, Stendal, Indiana)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Wolf Creek Cemetery, Eldorado, Saline County, IL (Section , Row , Site )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, 206 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “7Jan42; 7, Jd enl at DHS Louisville, Ky. and tr to MB, PI, S.C. following date”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “7Jan42; 9, Jdenl fr DHS Louisville, Ky.; 31, trans to MB, Quantico, Va.”
Company G, The Training Center, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Co G, TTC, MB, Quantico, VA “7Jan42; 31, jdfr 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, 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 Pvt, 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; 23, emb on bd USS COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7, Killed in Action
Born: 21 Jan 1922 Pike County, Indiana
Enlisted USMC: 07 Jan 1942 DHS Louisville, KY (Home of Record: Rt. 2, Stendal, Indiana)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Wolf Creek Cemetery, Eldorado, Saline County, IL (Section , Row , Site )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, 206 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “7Jan42; 7, Jd enl at DHS Louisville, Ky. and tr to MB, PI, S.C. following date”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “7Jan42; 9, Jdenl fr DHS Louisville, Ky.; 31, trans to MB, Quantico, Va.”
Company G, The Training Center, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Co G, TTC, MB, Quantico, VA “7Jan42; 31, jdfr 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, 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 Pvt, 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; 23, emb on bd USS COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7, Killed in Action
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