- SURNAME
Cash
- FORENAME
Robert Dennis
- UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
447475
- DATE OF DEATH
20th July 1943
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Indiana, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Gary, Indiana
born 26.12.1922
employed by Carnegie Ill Steel Corporation
21.08.1942 enlisted
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Ethel M. Cash, 728 Carolina Street, Gary, Indiana
KIA Bairoko, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
20-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189072284/robert-dennis-cashSERVICE HISTORY:
CASH, Robert D., PFC 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 447475
Born: 26 Dec 1922 Indiana
Enlisted USMCR: 21 Aug 1942 (Home of Record: 728 Carolina Street, Gary, Indiana)
Died: 20 Jul 1943 (KIA, Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Calumet Park Cemetery, Crown Point, IN (Section , Row , Grave )
9th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Aug 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "21Aug42; 24, jdfr CRD"
Oct 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "14, tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to USMCR Cl III(b); to CasCo, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Casual Company, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, CasCo, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "21Aug42; 14, jdfr 9thRBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 27, tr to 4thRaider Bn, Camp Pendleton, Calif."
Company A, 4th Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co A, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "21Aug42; 27, jdfr CasCo, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, Calif."
Jan 1943 PFC, Co A, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "11-13, 20-22, spl temp d in conn amph trng"
Company N, 4th Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, Co N, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.)
Jun 1943 PFC, Co N, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "28, emb abd USS SCHLEY (APD-14) at Tetere, Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 30, arr at Wickham Anchorage, Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, New Georgia, B.S.I."
Jul 1943 PFC, Co N, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "21Aug42; 1-10, participated in the seizure and occupation of Wickham Anchorage, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 12, emb and sailed abd LCI#332 at Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, B.S.I.; 13, arr & disemb at Tetere Point, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 17, emb & sailed abd USS WARD at Tetere Point, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 18, arr & disemb at Enogai, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 18-20, participated in the occupation of Enogai; 20, KIA while participating in the attack against the enemy at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply, Char Exc.; Remains interred at Enogai Harbor Cemetery, Row2, Grave 1, New Georgia, B.S.I."
Born: 26 Dec 1922 Indiana
Enlisted USMCR: 21 Aug 1942 (Home of Record: 728 Carolina Street, Gary, Indiana)
Died: 20 Jul 1943 (KIA, Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Calumet Park Cemetery, Crown Point, IN (Section , Row , Grave )
9th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Aug 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "21Aug42; 24, jdfr CRD"
Oct 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "14, tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to USMCR Cl III(b); to CasCo, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Casual Company, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, CasCo, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "21Aug42; 14, jdfr 9thRBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 27, tr to 4thRaider Bn, Camp Pendleton, Calif."
Company A, 4th Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co A, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "21Aug42; 27, jdfr CasCo, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, Calif."
Jan 1943 PFC, Co A, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "11-13, 20-22, spl temp d in conn amph trng"
Company N, 4th Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, Co N, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.)
Jun 1943 PFC, Co N, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "28, emb abd USS SCHLEY (APD-14) at Tetere, Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 30, arr at Wickham Anchorage, Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, New Georgia, B.S.I."
Jul 1943 PFC, Co N, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "21Aug42; 1-10, participated in the seizure and occupation of Wickham Anchorage, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 12, emb and sailed abd LCI#332 at Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, B.S.I.; 13, arr & disemb at Tetere Point, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 17, emb & sailed abd USS WARD at Tetere Point, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 18, arr & disemb at Enogai, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 18-20, participated in the occupation of Enogai; 20, KIA while participating in the attack against the enemy at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply, Char Exc.; Remains interred at Enogai Harbor Cemetery, Row2, Grave 1, New Georgia, B.S.I."
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