- SURNAME
Kelly
- FORENAME
Thomas Cecil
- UNIT
3rd Parachute Battalion (Company I)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
815841
- DATE OF DEATH
9th December 1943
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Calvary Cemetery, Spalding, Nebraska, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.12.1923, Albion, Nebraska, USA
attended Creighton University
employed by Union Pacific
30.06.1942 draft card Omaha, Nebraska
12.01.1943 entered service
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Francis V. Kelly, 138 North 38th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Dec-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24465240/thomas-cecil-kellySERVICE HISTORY:
KELLY, Thomas C., PFC 521/761 SN: 815841
Born: 25 Dec 1923 Albion, Nebraska
Enlisted USMC: 12 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: 138 N. 38th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred:
Calvary Cemetery,
Between North Elm St and North Cedar Rd just off of East Orchard St.,
Spalding, Greeley County, NE 68665
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “12Jan43; 15, jdfr CRD; 12, enl DHS Des Moines, Iowa”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 PFC, Co , ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, CA “1-19, stud para; 20, pro(temp), desig Para; 20-22, para; 22, to ParaReplCo, SBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA”
Parachute Replacement Company, Schools Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 PFC, ParaReplCo, SBn, TrngCtr, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “12Jan43; 22, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, CA; Para”
22nd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, 22ndReplBn, FMF, At Sea “1, emb & sailed fr San Diego, Calif. abd SS BLOEMFONTEIN; 1-?, at sea; ?, arr and disemb at Noumea, New Caledonia; 25, to 1st MarParaRegt, 1st MAC”
3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Jul 1943 PFC, I Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “12Jan43; (SS)Para; 25, jdfr 22ndReplBn”
Oct 1943 PFC, I Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “(SS)Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-C at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, I Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
Born: 25 Dec 1923 Albion, Nebraska
Enlisted USMC: 12 Jan 1943 (Home of Record: 138 N. 38th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred:
Calvary Cemetery,
Between North Elm St and North Cedar Rd just off of East Orchard St.,
Spalding, Greeley County, NE 68665
10th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 10thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “12Jan43; 15, jdfr CRD; 12, enl DHS Des Moines, Iowa”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 PFC, Co , ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, CA “1-19, stud para; 20, pro(temp), desig Para; 20-22, para; 22, to ParaReplCo, SBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA”
Parachute Replacement Company, Schools Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 PFC, ParaReplCo, SBn, TrngCtr, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “12Jan43; 22, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, CA; Para”
22nd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, 22ndReplBn, FMF, At Sea “1, emb & sailed fr San Diego, Calif. abd SS BLOEMFONTEIN; 1-?, at sea; ?, arr and disemb at Noumea, New Caledonia; 25, to 1st MarParaRegt, 1st MAC”
3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Jul 1943 PFC, I Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “12Jan43; (SS)Para; 25, jdfr 22ndReplBn”
Oct 1943 PFC, I Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “(SS)Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-C at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, I Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
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