- SURNAME
Gibson
- FORENAME
Walter Vernon, Jr.
- UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (HqCo)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
367998
- DATE OF DEATH
23rd November 1943
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Lone Tree Cemetery, Hayward, California, USA. Veteran's Plot, Section 6
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 08.05.1923
father Walter Vernon Gibson (1893-1966)
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Mable D. Gibson, 3908 Walnut Street, Oakland, California
02.1942 enlisted
DOW Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
23-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10700950/walter-v-gibsonSERVICE HISTORY:
GIBSON, Walter V., Jr, PFC 521/636(Intelligence) SN: 367998
Born: 08 May 1923 Alameda County, California
Enlisted USMCR: 04 Mar 1942 (Home of Record: 3908 Walnut Street, Oakland, California)
Died: 23 Nov 1943 (DOW, Bougainville, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Lone Tree Cemetery, Hayward, Alameda County, CA (Veterans Plot, Section 6)
Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Mar 1942 Pvt, Hq, WRD, San Francisco, CA "4Mar42; Enl at DHS San Francisco, Calif.; Tr to MCB, San Diego, Calif. same day"
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Mar 1942 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "4Mar42; 5, Jdfr DHS San Francisco, Calif."
Apr 1942 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "25, tr by S/Rs fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 25, to 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Post"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "4Mar42; 25, jdfr 10thRecBn, RDep, Post; 25-30, Bn Intel Sec"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Pacific Fleet, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, PF, FMF, In the Field (Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.) "Bn Intel Sec"
Oct 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, PF, FMF, In the Field (Camp Gung Ho, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) "Bn Intel Sec"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMAC, "Bn Intel Section"
Apr 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMAC (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) "Asst Co Prop Sgt"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment
Jul 1943 PFC, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia) "Actg Co Prop Sgt"
Headquarters & Service Company, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 PFC, H&S Co, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC "Regt QM Sec; 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 PFC, HqCo, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "Regt QM Sec; 23, Died of wounds received in action
Born: 08 May 1923 Alameda County, California
Enlisted USMCR: 04 Mar 1942 (Home of Record: 3908 Walnut Street, Oakland, California)
Died: 23 Nov 1943 (DOW, Bougainville, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Lone Tree Cemetery, Hayward, Alameda County, CA (Veterans Plot, Section 6)
Headquarters, Western Recruiting Division, San Francisco, CA
Mar 1942 Pvt, Hq, WRD, San Francisco, CA "4Mar42; Enl at DHS San Francisco, Calif.; Tr to MCB, San Diego, Calif. same day"
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Mar 1942 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "4Mar42; 5, Jdfr DHS San Francisco, Calif."
Apr 1942 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "25, tr by S/Rs fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 25, to 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Post"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "4Mar42; 25, jdfr 10thRecBn, RDep, Post; 25-30, Bn Intel Sec"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Pacific Fleet, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, PF, FMF, In the Field (Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.) "Bn Intel Sec"
Oct 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, PF, FMF, In the Field (Camp Gung Ho, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) "Bn Intel Sec"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMAC, "Bn Intel Section"
Apr 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMAC (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) "Asst Co Prop Sgt"
Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment
Jul 1943 PFC, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia) "Actg Co Prop Sgt"
Headquarters & Service Company, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 PFC, H&S Co, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC "Regt QM Sec; 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 PFC, HqCo, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "Regt QM Sec; 23, Died of wounds received in action
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