RAIDERS Kingsbury, John Gilbert, Jr.

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Kingsbury
  • FORENAME
John Gilbert, Jr.
  • UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
354626
  • DATE OF DEATH
7th July 1943
  • AGE
  • GRAVESITE
Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Massachusetts, USA
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1922
father John Gilbert Kingsbury (1887-1968)
Next of kin - Father, Mr. John G. Kingsbury, Sr., 41 Winthrop Street, Medway, Massachusetts
07.01.1943 enlisted
KIA Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
 

DATE OF DEATH:

07-Jul-1943

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187914743/john-gilbert-kingsbury

SERVICE HISTORY:

KINGSBURY, John G., Jr, PFC 521/746 (BAR Man) SN: 354626
Born: XX Xxx 1923 Massachusetts
Enlisted USMCR: 07 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: 41 Winthrop Street, Medway, Massachusetts)
Died: 07 Jul 1943 (KIA, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fort William McKinley Cemetery, Manila, P.I. (Section A, Row 1, Grave 17)

Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1942 Pvt, ERD, Phila., PA “7Jan42; 7, Jdenl at DHS Boston, Mass., and tr to MB, PI, SC same date”
7th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1942 Pvt, 7thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “7Jan42; 9, jdenl fr DHS Boston, Mass.; 31, to MB, Quantico, Va.”
Company G, The Training Center, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Co G, TTC, MB, Quantico, VA “7Jan42; 31, jdfr 7thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC”

1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Am. Samoa) “1, rated spl 5cl (BAR); 1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-3, enroute; 4, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 4-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 29, on bd USS ZEILIN at NS, Tutuila, Samoa; 30, disemb & encamped at Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 Pvt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, 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 COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Pvt, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is)
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co D, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Is) “1-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I., 17-31, at Noumea, N.C.; 8-10, participated in action against the enemy at Matanikau, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb on bd USS MC CAWLEY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. for transport to Noumea, N.C.; 13, sailed; 13-16, underway; 17, arr & disemb”

Company D, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “1-5, at Wellington, N.Z.; 6, sailed; 6-9, underway; 10, arr & disemb at Noumea, N.C.”
Apr 1943 PFC, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “1, pro (TA) fr Pvt; 12-20 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 PFC, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “7Jan42; 4, emb abd USS MC CALLA at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 7, KIA and buried at Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, B.S.I. Grave near Outpost No. 2, Foli; GO#20 does not apply.
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