- SURNAME
Farrar
- FORENAME
Richard Clinton
- UNIT
2 Raider Bn (Company B)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
336677
- DATE OF DEATH
4th December 1942
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Kinsey Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 13.05.1922
father Solon Farrar (1885-1984)
mother Daisy (nee Wilde) Farrar (1889-1937)
Next of kin - Sister, Mrs. Gladys Bullinger, 4641 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
KIA Guadalcanal (DOW)
DATE OF DEATH:
04-Dec-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68468465/richard-c-farrarSERVICE HISTORY:
FARRAR, Richard C., Pvt 521/746(BAR Man) SN: 337677
Born: 13 May 1922 Thomas, Ripley County, Missouri
Enlisted: 29 Dec 1941 (Home of Record: 4641 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois)
Died: 04 Dec 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Kinsey Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, MO (Plot , Row , Grave )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, 206 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Dec 1941 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “29Dec41; 29, enl DHS Chicago, Ill., to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA”29Dec41; 1, jdfr CRD Chicago, Ill.”
Feb 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “ ?, by S/Rs fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); ?, to 2dMarDiv, FMF, Post”
Company B, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Company B, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co B, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1st MAC, PF (Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.)“1-3, temp d in accordance with instruction fr CinCPac in Midway Islands Area, Pac; 4, arr & disem fr USS MC KEAN in Pearl Harbor, T.H.; 5-31, Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co B, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1st MAC, PF (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides)
Nov-Dec 1942 Pvt, Co B, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1st MAC, PF (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “4Dec, killed in action (GSW, multiple); buried in the field (recovered in 1945); GO#20 does not apply; in the line of duty; Char Exc
Born: 13 May 1922 Thomas, Ripley County, Missouri
Enlisted: 29 Dec 1941 (Home of Record: 4641 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois)
Died: 04 Dec 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Kinsey Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, MO (Plot , Row , Grave )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, 206 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Dec 1941 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “29Dec41; 29, enl DHS Chicago, Ill., to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA”29Dec41; 1, jdfr CRD Chicago, Ill.”
Feb 1942 Pvt, 3rdRecruit Bn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “ ?, by S/Rs fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); ?, to 2dMarDiv, FMF, Post”
Company B, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Company B, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co B, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1st MAC, PF (Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.)“1-3, temp d in accordance with instruction fr CinCPac in Midway Islands Area, Pac; 4, arr & disem fr USS MC KEAN in Pearl Harbor, T.H.; 5-31, Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co B, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1st MAC, PF (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides)
Nov-Dec 1942 Pvt, Co B, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1st MAC, PF (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “4Dec, killed in action (GSW, multiple); buried in the field (recovered in 1945); GO#20 does not apply; in the line of duty; Char Exc
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