- SURNAME
Meister
- FORENAME
Armin Harry, Jr.
- UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (Company H)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
454230
- DATE OF DEATH
25th November 1943
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin, USA. Veterans Section Block 15
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 09.07.1924 Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
attended Franklin Junior High School
attended Washington Park High School
employed by Western Printing & Lithography Co.
14.09.1942 enlisted
Next of kin - Father Mr. Armin Meister, 819 Center Street, Racine, Wisconsin
DOW Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
25-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182929846/armin-harry-meisterSERVICE HISTORY:
MEISTER, Armin H., PFC 521/745 SN: 454230
Born: 09 Jul 1924 Wisconsin
Enlisted USMCR: 14 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 819 Center Street, Racine, Wisconsin)
Died: 25 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Racine County, WI (Veterans Section, Block 15)
8th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA"14Sep42; 17, jdfr CRD, Milwaukee, Wis."
Oct 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Company F, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co F, 4thMarRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "to spl temp d conn amphib trng fr 15-17Jan43"
Company H, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides)
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Company H, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC, In the Field
Oct 1943 PFC, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV) (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands) "1-3, at Noumea, N.C.; 4, emb abd USS PRES. HAYES; 7, sailed therefrom; 7-10, passage at sea; 11, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 11-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb abd USS GEORGE CLYMER and sailed therefrom; 13-31, passage at sea"
Nov 1943 PFC, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV) (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "25, Killed in action
Born: 09 Jul 1924 Wisconsin
Enlisted USMCR: 14 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 819 Center Street, Racine, Wisconsin)
Died: 25 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Racine County, WI (Veterans Section, Block 15)
8th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA"14Sep42; 17, jdfr CRD, Milwaukee, Wis."
Oct 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Company F, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co F, 4thMarRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "to spl temp d conn amphib trng fr 15-17Jan43"
Company H, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides)
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Company H, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC, In the Field
Oct 1943 PFC, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV) (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands) "1-3, at Noumea, N.C.; 4, emb abd USS PRES. HAYES; 7, sailed therefrom; 7-10, passage at sea; 11, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 11-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb abd USS GEORGE CLYMER and sailed therefrom; 13-31, passage at sea"
Nov 1943 PFC, Co H, 2ndMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV) (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) "25, Killed in action
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