John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Locke
  • FORENAME
Garrick
  • UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Bn (Company A)
  • RANK
Corporal
  • NUMBER
279909
  • DATE OF DEATH
14th September 1942
  • AGE
26
  • GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot F Row Grave 10
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Barnstead, New Hampshire
born 06.08.1916, New Hampshire, USA
02.01.1940 entered service
Next of kin - Father, Mr. Elias W. Locke, Box 73, Barnstead, New Hampshire
KIA Guadalcanal (Battle of Edson's Ridge)
 

DATE OF DEATH:

14-Sep-1942

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120395086/garrick-locke

SERVICE HISTORY:

LOCKE, Garrick, Cpl SN: 279909
Born: 06 Aug 1916 New Hampshire
Enlisted USMC: 02 Jan 1940 MBNY, Portsmouth, NH (Home of Record: Box 73, Barnstead, NH)
Died: 14 Sep 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI (Section F, Grave 1078)

Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Jan 1940 Pvt, MB, NYd, Portsmouth, NH “2Jan40, 2, Jd by 1st enl; 4, To MB, Parris Island, S.C. for recruit training”
Recruiting Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Jan 1940 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, Parris Island, SC “2Jan40; 6, Jdenl fr MBNY, Portsmouth, N.H..; 6-31, RI; 29, qual mks.”
Feb 1940 Pvt, RecDepDet, RDep, Parris Island, SC “2Jan40; 1-7, RI; 8, To 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, Va.”

Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Mar 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “14 Jdfr Base Air Det 1, FMB, FMF, Post”
Apr 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Culebra, P.R. “ 1, to Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Post”

Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1940 Pvt, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “2Jan40; 1, jdfr Co”B”, 1stBn, 5thMar, FMB, FMF, Post”
May-Aug 1940 Pvt, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Sep 1940 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “ 18, pro. temp appt”
Oct 1940 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Nov 1940 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Mayaguez, P.R.
Dec 1940 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, USS WHARTON, Culebra, P.R.
Apr 1941 PFC, Co K, 3rdBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “11-30, fur.”

Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
May-Jun 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J. “member parachute det, under instn”
Company A, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, 1stMAW, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA ”Spl 1cl Parachutist”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Oct 1941 PFC, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 29, Injury: DU, Intra-Cranial”
Jan 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 1-3, fur.”
Apr 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1stParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Company A, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (At Sea) “Para”
Aug 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Sep 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)”14, KIA
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