- SURNAME
Lamkin
- FORENAME
Roscoe Eugene
- UNIT
3rd Parachute Battalion (Company K)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
317529
- DATE OF DEATH
9th December 1943
- AGE
29
- GRAVESITE
Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 06.06.1914, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
father John Lamkin (1886-1958)
mother Kate Lamkin (1891-1981)
16.10.1940 draft card Fort Smith, Arkansas
29.07.1941 entered service
brother John Kathe Lamkin KIA Iwo Jima
Next of kin - Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lamkin, 609 Clifton Court, Fort Smith, Arkansas
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Dec-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34057914/roscoe-eugene-lamkinSERVICE HISTORY:
LAMKIN, Roscoe E., Sgt 521/707/653/651 SN: 317529
Born: 06 Jun 1914 Fort Smith, Arkansas
Enlisted USMCR: 29 Jul 1941 (Home of Record: 609 Clifton Court, Fort Smith, Arkansas)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR (Section , Site )
Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Jul 1941 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “29Jul41; Acc & enl at DHS Little Rock, Ark., to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jul 1941 Pvt, 5th RecBn, RD, BT, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 31, jdfr SRD; Jdenl DHS Little Rock, Ark.”
Oct 1941 Pvt, 5th RecBn, RD, BT, MCB, San Diego, CA “1, to 3rdRecBn, RDep, Post”
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1941 Pvt, 3rd RecBn, RD, BT, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 1, jdfr 5thRecBn, RDep, Post; 1-31, Msm.”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “Act d status”
Apr 1942 Cpl, Hq&HqCo, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “DI”
Jul 1942 Cpl, Hq&HqCo, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 1-17, DI; 18, to 2dMarDiv, FMF, Post”
Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jul 1942 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 9thMar, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 18, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 9thMar, 3rd MarDiv, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 9thMar, 3rd MarDiv, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “1, to ParaTrngCenter, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
HQ Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Cpl, HqCo, 3rdParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 1, jdfr Co H, 2dBn, 9thMar, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. and to temp det d at ParaTrngS, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, Calif., conn ParaTrng; 4, desig stud para”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Cpl, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 2, jdfr HqCo, 3dParaBn, 3dMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.; 4, design stud para; 4-31, stud para”
3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Cpl, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 Sgt, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 5, fr Sgt(OW) to Sgt(line)(temp).”
Oct 1943 Sgt, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; Main body of 3d ParaBn; 13, emb on board LST V-11-D at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 Sgt, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
Born: 06 Jun 1914 Fort Smith, Arkansas
Enlisted USMCR: 29 Jul 1941 (Home of Record: 609 Clifton Court, Fort Smith, Arkansas)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR (Section , Site )
Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Jul 1941 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “29Jul41; Acc & enl at DHS Little Rock, Ark., to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jul 1941 Pvt, 5th RecBn, RD, BT, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 31, jdfr SRD; Jdenl DHS Little Rock, Ark.”
Oct 1941 Pvt, 5th RecBn, RD, BT, MCB, San Diego, CA “1, to 3rdRecBn, RDep, Post”
3rd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1941 Pvt, 3rd RecBn, RD, BT, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 1, jdfr 5thRecBn, RDep, Post; 1-31, Msm.”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “Act d status”
Apr 1942 Cpl, Hq&HqCo, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “DI”
Jul 1942 Cpl, Hq&HqCo, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 1-17, DI; 18, to 2dMarDiv, FMF, Post”
Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jul 1942 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 9thMar, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 18, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 9thMar, 3rd MarDiv, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Cpl, Co H, 2ndBn, 9thMar, 3rd MarDiv, ACPF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “1, to ParaTrngCenter, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
HQ Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Cpl, HqCo, 3rdParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 1, jdfr Co H, 2dBn, 9thMar, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. and to temp det d at ParaTrngS, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, Calif., conn ParaTrng; 4, desig stud para”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Cpl, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “29Jul41; 2, jdfr HqCo, 3dParaBn, 3dMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.; 4, design stud para; 4-31, stud para”
3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Cpl, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 Sgt, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 5, fr Sgt(OW) to Sgt(line)(temp).”
Oct 1943 Sgt, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; Main body of 3d ParaBn; 13, emb on board LST V-11-D at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 Sgt, K Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
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