- SURNAME
Brewer
- FORENAME
Bobby Eugene
- UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company K)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
810770
- DATE OF DEATH
1st November 1943
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale, Illinois, USA (Memorial)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 08.04.1924, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
father Rolla Brewer (1888-1974)
mother Gertrude Pearl (nee Holliday) Brewer (1893-1989)
Next of kin - Father, Mr. Rolla Brewer, 508 Beveridge, Carbondale, Illinois
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands (Body not recovered)
DATE OF DEATH:
01-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9080547/bobby-eugene-brewerSERVICE HISTORY:
BREWER, Bobby E., PFC 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 810770
Born: 08 Apr 1924 Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois
Enlisted USMC: 13 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: 508 Beveridge Street, Carbondale, Illinois)
Died: 01 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale, Jackson County, IL
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 10thRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "13Jan43; 16, jdfr CRD; 13, enl DHS, St. Louis, Mo."
Mar 1943 Pvt, 10thRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "to TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Raider Company, Headquarters Battalion, Training Center, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "13Jan43; 13, to 22ndReplBn"
22nd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, 22ndReplBn, FMF, Aboard SS BLOEMFONTEIN (At Sea) "13Jan43; 1, emb and sailed from San Diego, Calif. aboard SS BLOEMFONTEIN; 25, to 3rdRdrBn, 1stMAC"
Company K, 3rd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co K, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia) "13Jan43; 25, jdfr 22ndReplBn"
Company K, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 1st Marine Amphib Corps
Oct 1943 PFC, Co K, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43; 11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date; 19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, Co K, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1, participated in offensive operations against Japanese forces in the vicinity of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, B.S.I.; 1, Killed in Action
Born: 08 Apr 1924 Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois
Enlisted USMC: 13 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: 508 Beveridge Street, Carbondale, Illinois)
Died: 01 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale, Jackson County, IL
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 10thRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "13Jan43; 16, jdfr CRD; 13, enl DHS, St. Louis, Mo."
Mar 1943 Pvt, 10thRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "to TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Raider Company, Headquarters Battalion, Training Center, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "13Jan43; 13, to 22ndReplBn"
22nd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, 22ndReplBn, FMF, Aboard SS BLOEMFONTEIN (At Sea) "13Jan43; 1, emb and sailed from San Diego, Calif. aboard SS BLOEMFONTEIN; 25, to 3rdRdrBn, 1stMAC"
Company K, 3rd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co K, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia) "13Jan43; 25, jdfr 22ndReplBn"
Company K, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 1st Marine Amphib Corps
Oct 1943 PFC, Co K, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43; 11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date; 19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, Co K, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1, participated in offensive operations against Japanese forces in the vicinity of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, B.S.I.; 1, Killed in Action
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