RAIDERS Gibbins, Walter William

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Gibbins
  • FORENAME
Walter William
  • UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company D)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
360966
  • DATE OF DEATH
20th July 1943
  • AGE
Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, USA
  • GRAVESITE
21
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 17.08.1921, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, USA
father John Engle Gibbins (1896-1989)
mother Sara Esther (nee Burns) (1900-1958)
civil occupation Truck Driver
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Sarah Gibbins, Sallisaw, Oklahoma
22.05.1942 enlisted
KIA Bairoko Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
 

DATE OF DEATH:

20-Jul-1943

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32544113/walter-w-gibbins

SERVICE HISTORY:

GIBBINS, Walter W., PFC 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 360966
Born: 17 Aug 1921 Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Enlisted USMC: 22 May 1942 (Home of Record: Sallisaw, Oklahoma)
Died: 20 Jul 1943 (KIA, Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, OK (Section , Grave )

5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
May 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "22May42; 25, jdfr SRD, Oklahoma City, Okla."
Jul 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "10, qual SS; 18, to 2dMarDiv, FMF, Post"

H&S Company, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jul 1942 Pvt, H&S Co, 9thMar, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "22May42; 18, jdfr 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 18-31, R Trng Center"
Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co C, 1stBn, 9thMar, 3rdMarDiv, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA

Company D, 4th Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co D, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "20-24, Temp det d on bd naval vessel for amph trng"
Company Q, 4th Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, Co Q, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.)
Jun 1943 PFC, Co Q, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "28, emb abd USS MC KEAN (APD-5) at Tetere, Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom; 30, arr at Wickham Anchorage, Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 30, participated in the seizure and occupation of Wickham Anchorage, Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, New Georgia, B.S.I."
Jul 1943 PFC, Co Q, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "18Jul42; 1-10, participated in the seizure and occupation of Wickham Anchorage, Vangunu Island, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 12, emb and sailed abd LCI#331 at Oloana Bay, Vangunu Island, B.S.I.; 13, arr & disemb at Tetere Point, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 17, emb & sailed abd USS WATERS 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, Row 2, Grave 8, New Georgia, B.S.I.
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