- SURNAME
Le Bleu
- FORENAME
Elmo
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
434107
- DATE OF DEATH
9th July 1943
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Sallier Cemetery, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 09.07.1923, Louisiana, USA
father Pascal LeBleu (1885-1959)
mother Coraline (nee Farque) LeBleu Hair (1893-1970)
attended Marion High School
30.06.1942 enlisted Lake Charles, Louisiana
Next of kin - Father, Mr Pascal LeBleu, Route 1, Box 291A, Lake Charles, Louisiana
KIA Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7042626/elmo-lebleuSERVICE HISTORY:
LE BLEU, Elmo, Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 434107
Born: 09 Jul 1923 Louisiana
Enlisted USMCR: 26 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: Rt. 1, Box 291, Lake Charles, Louisiana)
Died: 09 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Sallier Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA (Section , Row , Grave )
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, SRD, New Orleans, LA “26Sep42; Jdenl at DHS New Orleans, La. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “26Sep42; 28, jdfr SRD; 26, Jdenl at DHS New Orleans, La.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
10th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 10thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “19, emb on bd USS PRES. MONROE; 20, sailed fr San Diego, Calif.”
Casual Battalion, Regulating Station (Transient Center), 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, CasBn, RS(TC), IMAC, In the Field “ 1, tr to Spl&SerBn, IMAC”
Service Company, Special & Service Battalion, Corps Troops, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, SerCo, Spl&SerBn, Corps Trs, IMAC, In the Field “26Sep42; 1, jdfr CasBn, IMAC; 2-30, gen duty”
Company C, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “26Sep42; 4, emb abd USS SCHLEY 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.; 9, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried on island (Grave#2); GO#20 does not apply.
Born: 09 Jul 1923 Louisiana
Enlisted USMCR: 26 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: Rt. 1, Box 291, Lake Charles, Louisiana)
Died: 09 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Sallier Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA (Section , Row , Grave )
Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, SRD, New Orleans, LA “26Sep42; Jdenl at DHS New Orleans, La. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “26Sep42; 28, jdfr SRD; 26, Jdenl at DHS New Orleans, La.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
10th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 10thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “19, emb on bd USS PRES. MONROE; 20, sailed fr San Diego, Calif.”
Casual Battalion, Regulating Station (Transient Center), 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, CasBn, RS(TC), IMAC, In the Field “ 1, tr to Spl&SerBn, IMAC”
Service Company, Special & Service Battalion, Corps Troops, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, SerCo, Spl&SerBn, Corps Trs, IMAC, In the Field “26Sep42; 1, jdfr CasBn, IMAC; 2-30, gen duty”
Company C, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co C, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “26Sep42; 4, emb abd USS SCHLEY 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.; 9, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried on island (Grave#2); GO#20 does not apply.
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