- SURNAME
Hughes
- FORENAME
Richard Wyman
- UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (HqCo)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
442593
- DATE OF DEATH
23rd November 1943
- AGE
18
- GRAVESITE
Hillcrest Park Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 31.07.1925, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
father Robert Arthur Hughes (1884-1965)
mother Marie Blakeslee (nee Wyman) (1890-1995)
attended Technical High School, Springfield
employed by Buxton's Inc.
09.1942 enlisted
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Marie B. Hughes, 311 Allen Street, Springfield, Massachusetts
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
23-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216258712/richard-wyman-hughesSERVICE HISTORY:
HUGHES, Richard W., PFC 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 442593
Born: 31 Jul 1925 Massachusetts
Enlisted USMCR: 09 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 19 Prescott Street, Springfield, Massachusetts)
Died: 23 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Hillcrest Cemetery, Springfield, MA (Section , Grave )
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "9Sep42; 10, jdfr ERD"
Oct 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "11, tr to Trng Ctr, FMF, New River, NC"
8th Separate Recruit Battalion, Training Center, FMF, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 8thSepRecBn, TC, FMF, MB, New River, NC "9Sep42; 11, jdfr 4thRecBn, Parris Island, SC; m12-30, Recruit trng; 31, tr fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b) USMCR"
Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 3rdMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.) "1, to Co C, 3dMar Raider Bn"
Company C, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co C, 3rdMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.) "9Sep42; 1, jdfr HqCo, 3dMar Raider Bn"
Company C, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co C, 3rdMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) "25-30, Msm"
Company L, 3rd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Headquarters Company, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 1st Marine Amphib Corps
Oct 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43;11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date;19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1-23, participated in offensive operations against Japanese forces in the vicinity of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, B.S.I.; 23, Killed in Action
Born: 31 Jul 1925 Massachusetts
Enlisted USMCR: 09 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 19 Prescott Street, Springfield, Massachusetts)
Died: 23 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Hillcrest Cemetery, Springfield, MA (Section , Grave )
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "9Sep42; 10, jdfr ERD"
Oct 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC "11, tr to Trng Ctr, FMF, New River, NC"
8th Separate Recruit Battalion, Training Center, FMF, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 8thSepRecBn, TC, FMF, MB, New River, NC "9Sep42; 11, jdfr 4thRecBn, Parris Island, SC; m12-30, Recruit trng; 31, tr fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b) USMCR"
Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 3rdMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.) "1, to Co C, 3dMar Raider Bn"
Company C, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co C, 3rdMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.) "9Sep42; 1, jdfr HqCo, 3dMar Raider Bn"
Company C, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co C, 3rdMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) "25-30, Msm"
Company L, 3rd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Headquarters Company, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 1st Marine Amphib Corps
Oct 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43;11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date;19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, HqCo, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1-23, participated in offensive operations against Japanese forces in the vicinity of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, B.S.I.; 23, Killed in Action
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