- SURNAME
Finnie
- FORENAME
Frank James
- UNIT
2nd Parachute Battalion (Company E)
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
273062
- DATE OF DEATH
1st October 1943
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, USA. Section H.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 18.02.1920
05.07.1939 entered service
Next of kin - Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua D. Finnie, 1200 Ramona Street, San Gabriel, California
01.10.1943 KIA Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands.
Remains not recovered according to some sources, but newspaper report 1949 states body was being returned to USA. Also headstone application states same.
02.10.1944 declared dead
DATE OF DEATH:
01-Oct-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217557373/frank-james-finnieSERVICE HISTORY:
FINNIE, Frank J, Cpl, 745 SN: 273062
Born: XX Xxx 1922
Enlisted USMC: 05 Jul 1939 Los Angeles, CA (Home of Record: 1200 Ramona Street, San Gabriel, California)
Died: 01 Oct 1943 (KIA, Vella Lavella, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Remains unrecovered. Declared dead by act of the Secretary of the Navy on 2 Oct 1944. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippine Islands
Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Jul 1938 Pvt, HQ, WRD, San Francisco, CA “5Jul39; 5, App at SDH San Diego, Calif.; Jdenl at RD. MCB, San Diego, Calif. and tr to RDDet, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jul 1939 Pvt, RecDet, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “5Jul39, Jdfr WRD, San Diego, Calif.; 5-31 RI.”
Aug 1939 Pvt, RecDet, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “25, qual Mks.”
Sep 1939 Pvt, RecDet, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “ 2, to SeaS, Post”
Marine Detachment, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Sep 1939 Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA ”5Jul39; 24, jdfr Sea School, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 20, emb on board USS YORKTOWN at San Diego, Calif. and sailed same date; 24, arr & disemb at PSNYd, Bremerton, Wash.”
Oct 1939 Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Nov-Dec 1939 Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, San Pedro, CA “26-31Dec, fur.; 16, awd $10.00 1cl Prize Money for duty Secondary Battery, USS COLORADO SRBP 1939-40, auth CO, USS COLORADO, dated 13Dec39.”
Jan-Mar 1940, Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, San Pedro, CA “Mar40, underway Fleet Problem XXI”
Apr 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Pearl Harbor, T.H. “ 1, pro PFC(SA)
May 1940, Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, Drydock, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
Jun-Aug 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
Sep 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, At Sea Hawaiian Area “30, Appt as PFC(SA) changed to PFC(TA)”
Oct 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Long Beach, CA
Nov 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA “ 25, Qual MM”
Dec 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Long Beach, CA “12-27, fur.”
Jan 1941, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, At Sea Hawaiian Area
Apr 1941, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, At Sea Hawaiian Area
Jul 1941, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Guard Company #1, Marine Barracks, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
Oct 1941 PFC, GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Jan 1942 PFC, GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA “1-31, temp d at USN Section Base, NOA, Seattle, Wash.”
Apr 1942 PFC, Marine Barracks, NSD, Seattle, WA
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “5Jul39; 3, jdfr ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, San Diego; 3-17, studPara; 18, desig Para; 18-21, Para; 21, to ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Company A, 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, Division Special Troops, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, 2ndParaBn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “5Jul39; Para; 21, jdfr Co”A”, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Company A, 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, Division Special Troops, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Oct 1942 PFC, Co A, 2ndParaBn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para; 19, emb on SS MORMACPORT at San Diego, Calif.; 20, sailed; 21-31, enroute to Wellington, N.Z.”
Jan 1943 PFC, Co A, 2ndParaBn, Corps Troops, 1stMarAmpCorps, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia)”Para”
Company E, 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, Co E, 2ndParaBn, 1stMarParaRegt, 1st MAC, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 Cpl, Co E, 2ndParaBn, 1stMarParaRegt, 1st MAC, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 Cpl, Co E, 2ndParaBn, 1stMarParaRegt, 1st MAC, In the Field (Vella Lavella, B.S.I.) “ 1-31, MIA; 31, by S/RS to POW & Missing Persons Detachment, Hq USMC, Wash. D.C.”
Prisoners of War and Missing Persons Detachment, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Jan 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “5Jul39; jd fr 2ndParaBn, 1stParaRegt, 1stMAC; Missing In Action since 1Oct43”
Apr 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “1-30; Missing In Action”
Jul 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “1-31; Missing In Action”
Oct 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “1-2; Missing In Action; 2Oct44, Declared dead by Act of the Secretary of the Navy. Death is presumed to have occurred in the line of duty and not as a result of his own misconduct. Char: Exc.
Born: XX Xxx 1922
Enlisted USMC: 05 Jul 1939 Los Angeles, CA (Home of Record: 1200 Ramona Street, San Gabriel, California)
Died: 01 Oct 1943 (KIA, Vella Lavella, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Remains unrecovered. Declared dead by act of the Secretary of the Navy on 2 Oct 1944. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippine Islands
Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Jul 1938 Pvt, HQ, WRD, San Francisco, CA “5Jul39; 5, App at SDH San Diego, Calif.; Jdenl at RD. MCB, San Diego, Calif. and tr to RDDet, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA”
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jul 1939 Pvt, RecDet, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “5Jul39, Jdfr WRD, San Diego, Calif.; 5-31 RI.”
Aug 1939 Pvt, RecDet, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “25, qual Mks.”
Sep 1939 Pvt, RecDet, RD, BTrs, MCB, San Diego, CA “ 2, to SeaS, Post”
Marine Detachment, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Sep 1939 Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA ”5Jul39; 24, jdfr Sea School, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 20, emb on board USS YORKTOWN at San Diego, Calif. and sailed same date; 24, arr & disemb at PSNYd, Bremerton, Wash.”
Oct 1939 Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Nov-Dec 1939 Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, San Pedro, CA “26-31Dec, fur.; 16, awd $10.00 1cl Prize Money for duty Secondary Battery, USS COLORADO SRBP 1939-40, auth CO, USS COLORADO, dated 13Dec39.”
Jan-Mar 1940, Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, San Pedro, CA “Mar40, underway Fleet Problem XXI”
Apr 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Pearl Harbor, T.H. “ 1, pro PFC(SA)
May 1940, Pvt, MD, USS COLORADO, Drydock, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
Jun-Aug 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
Sep 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, At Sea Hawaiian Area “30, Appt as PFC(SA) changed to PFC(TA)”
Oct 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Long Beach, CA
Nov 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA “ 25, Qual MM”
Dec 1940, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, Long Beach, CA “12-27, fur.”
Jan 1941, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, At Sea Hawaiian Area
Apr 1941, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, At Sea Hawaiian Area
Jul 1941, PFC, MD, USS COLORADO, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Guard Company #1, Marine Barracks, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
Oct 1941 PFC, GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA
Jan 1942 PFC, GdCo#1, MB, PSNYd, Bremerton, WA “1-31, temp d at USN Section Base, NOA, Seattle, Wash.”
Apr 1942 PFC, Marine Barracks, NSD, Seattle, WA
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “5Jul39; 3, jdfr ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, San Diego; 3-17, studPara; 18, desig Para; 18-21, Para; 21, to ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Company A, 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, Division Special Troops, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, 2ndParaBn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “5Jul39; Para; 21, jdfr Co”A”, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Company A, 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion, Division Special Troops, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Oct 1942 PFC, Co A, 2ndParaBn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para; 19, emb on SS MORMACPORT at San Diego, Calif.; 20, sailed; 21-31, enroute to Wellington, N.Z.”
Jan 1943 PFC, Co A, 2ndParaBn, Corps Troops, 1stMarAmpCorps, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia)”Para”
Company E, 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, Co E, 2ndParaBn, 1stMarParaRegt, 1st MAC, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 Cpl, Co E, 2ndParaBn, 1stMarParaRegt, 1st MAC, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 Cpl, Co E, 2ndParaBn, 1stMarParaRegt, 1st MAC, In the Field (Vella Lavella, B.S.I.) “ 1-31, MIA; 31, by S/RS to POW & Missing Persons Detachment, Hq USMC, Wash. D.C.”
Prisoners of War and Missing Persons Detachment, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Jan 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “5Jul39; jd fr 2ndParaBn, 1stParaRegt, 1stMAC; Missing In Action since 1Oct43”
Apr 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “1-30; Missing In Action”
Jul 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “1-31; Missing In Action”
Oct 1944 Cpl, POW and Missing Persons Det, Hq, USMC “1-2; Missing In Action; 2Oct44, Declared dead by Act of the Secretary of the Navy. Death is presumed to have occurred in the line of duty and not as a result of his own misconduct. Char: Exc.
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