- SURNAME
Darnell
- FORENAME
James Wilson
- UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (Company G)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
809354
- DATE OF DEATH
8th November 1943
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Fayette City Cemetery, Fayette, Alabama, USA.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Fayette, Alabama
born 02.08.1923, Columbia, Tennessee, USA
mother Lillian Darnell
attended Fayette High School
enlisted 30.06.1942, Fayette, Alabama
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
08-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27114250/james-wilson-darnellSERVICE HISTORY:
DARNELL, James W., PFC 521/745 SN: 809354
Born: 02 Aug 1923 Alabama
Enlisted USMC: 11 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: Box 124, Fayette, Alabama)
Died: 08 Nov 1943 (Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fayette City Cemetery, Fayette, Fayette County, AL (Plot , Row , Grave )
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, Atlanta, GA
Jan 1943 Pvt, HQ, SRD, Atlanta, GA "11, ind at DHS Birmingham, Ala.15, to RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "11Jan43; 18, jdfr SRD; 11, enl DHS Birmingham, Ala."
Mar 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "?, to InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Company B, Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co B, InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Company G, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, IMAC
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia) "11Jan43; 1, jdfr CorpReplBn, TranC, IMAC"
Company G, 2nd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC "1-3, at Noumea, N.C.; 4, emb abd USS PRES. HAYES; 7, sailed therefrom; 7-10, passage at sea; 11, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 11-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb abd USS GEORGE CLYMER and sailed therefrom; 13-31, passage at sea"
Nov 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "8, Killed in Action
Born: 02 Aug 1923 Alabama
Enlisted USMC: 11 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: Box 124, Fayette, Alabama)
Died: 08 Nov 1943 (Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fayette City Cemetery, Fayette, Fayette County, AL (Plot , Row , Grave )
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, Atlanta, GA
Jan 1943 Pvt, HQ, SRD, Atlanta, GA "11, ind at DHS Birmingham, Ala.15, to RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "11Jan43; 18, jdfr SRD; 11, enl DHS Birmingham, Ala."
Mar 1943 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "?, to InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif."
Company B, Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co B, InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Company G, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, IMAC
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia) "11Jan43; 1, jdfr CorpReplBn, TranC, IMAC"
Company G, 2nd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC "1-3, at Noumea, N.C.; 4, emb abd USS PRES. HAYES; 7, sailed therefrom; 7-10, passage at sea; 11, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 11-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb abd USS GEORGE CLYMER and sailed therefrom; 13-31, passage at sea"
Nov 1943 Pvt, Co G, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "8, Killed in Action
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