- SURNAME
Danowski
- FORENAME
Martin Marion
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
372095
- DATE OF DEATH
14th September 1942
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Plot A 985
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.03.1920, Massachusetts, USA
29.01.1942 entered service New York, New York
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Machelina Danowski, 1604 South Wood Avenue, Linden, New Jersey
KIA Guadalcanal
KIA Guadalcanal
DATE OF DEATH:
14-Sep-1942SERVICE HISTORY:
DANOWSKI, Martin M., PFC 521/745 SN: 372095
Born: 28 Mar 1920 Massachusetts
Enlisted USMC: 29 Jan 1942 DHS New York, NY (Home of Record: 1604 S. Wood Avenue, Linden, NJ)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section A, Site 985)
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA "29Jan42; 29, Jd enl at DHS New York, N.Y. and 28, tr to MB, Parris Island, S.C."
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "29Jan42; 30, Jd enl at DHS New York, N.Y."
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co E, 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 E, 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; 25, emb on bd USS MONOWIA for spl assignment and sailed same date."
Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, B.S.I.)
Sep 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "14, Killed in Action at Gaudalcanal, Solomon Islands and buried in US Naval Cemetery on island, Row #?, Grave #?; GO#20 does not apply
Born: 28 Mar 1920 Massachusetts
Enlisted USMC: 29 Jan 1942 DHS New York, NY (Home of Record: 1604 S. Wood Avenue, Linden, NJ)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section A, Site 985)
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA "29Jan42; 29, Jd enl at DHS New York, N.Y. and 28, tr to MB, Parris Island, S.C."
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "29Jan42; 30, Jd enl at DHS New York, N.Y."
Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co E, 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 E, 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; 25, emb on bd USS MONOWIA for spl assignment and sailed same date."
Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, B.S.I.)
Sep 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "14, Killed in Action at Gaudalcanal, Solomon Islands and buried in US Naval Cemetery on island, Row #?, Grave #?; GO#20 does not apply
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