- SURNAME
Huber
- FORENAME
Frank
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company D)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
388914
- DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Union Cemetery, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, USA. Plan 4, Section 3-A
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 16.12.1922, Redington, Pennsylvania, USA
father Joseph Huber (1882-1953)
mother Mary (nee Kovacs) Huber (1890-1969)
brother Pvt John Huber KIA 1945 (US Army)
employed by Bethlehem Steel Co.
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Mary Huber, Route 4, Box C-56, Bethleham, Pennsylvania
KIA Tulagi, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
07-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122545943/frank-huberSERVICE HISTORY:
HUBER, Frank, Pvt 521/745 SN: 388914
Born: 16 Dec 1922 Redington, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Enlisted USMC: 13 Apr 1942 (Home of Record: RD.4, Box C-56, Bethlehem, PA)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Union Cemetery, Hellertown, Northampton County, PA (Plan 4, Section 3-A)
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “13Apr42; 13, Jd enl at DHS Philadelphia, Pa. and to tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Apr42; 14, Jdfr ERD; 13, enl at RS Philadelphia, Pa.”
Company D, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co D, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, (Rear Echelon)at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS MC KEAN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co D, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7, Killed in Action
Born: 16 Dec 1922 Redington, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Enlisted USMC: 13 Apr 1942 (Home of Record: RD.4, Box C-56, Bethlehem, PA)
Died: 07 Aug 1942 (KIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Union Cemetery, Hellertown, Northampton County, PA (Plan 4, Section 3-A)
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “13Apr42; 13, Jd enl at DHS Philadelphia, Pa. and to tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Apr 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Apr42; 14, Jdfr ERD; 13, enl at RS Philadelphia, Pa.”
Company D, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co D, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, (Rear Echelon)at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS MC KEAN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co D, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7, Killed in Action
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