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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60894" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Myers</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Charles Henry</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2nd Raider Battalion (Company D) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>355724</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11th November 1942</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>18</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 10.02.1924, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Wilma Mae Gehring</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>step-father Lewis D. Gehring</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19.01.1942 entered service Pittsburg, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Mother Mrs. Wilma Mae Gehring, 110 South York Street, Wheeling, West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (remains not recovered)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">In fits and starts we made it about halfway across the field when we ran smack-dab into our .30-caliber light machine gunner, Cpl. John Sullivan. He was firing a free gun in long, steady bursts, spraying the trees and jungle to discourage tree-climbing enemy snipers.... I recovered a box of MG ammo for him. His crew were all dead or wounded.... Woodrow O. Greenlee, ammo carrier, was shot in the hip, in great pain, as he tried to crawl to the rear. Charles H. Myers was dead. Woody and Myers had joined C Co. and Sullivan's gun crew from D Co. just before we left Espiritu Santo for Guadalcanal.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Lowell Bulger, quoted in "The Raider Patch" (May 1980)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60894, member: 6852"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Myers[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Charles Henry[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2nd Raider Battalion (Company D) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private First Class[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]355724[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]11th November 1942[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]18[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]resided Pennsylvania[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 10.02.1924, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]mother Wilma Mae Gehring[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]step-father Lewis D. Gehring[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]19.01.1942 entered service Pittsburg, Pennsylvania[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Next of kin - Mother Mrs. Wilma Mae Gehring, 110 South York Street, Wheeling, West Virginia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (remains not recovered)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]In fits and starts we made it about halfway across the field when we ran smack-dab into our .30-caliber light machine gunner, Cpl. John Sullivan. He was firing a free gun in long, steady bursts, spraying the trees and jungle to discourage tree-climbing enemy snipers.... I recovered a box of MG ammo for him. His crew were all dead or wounded.... Woodrow O. Greenlee, ammo carrier, was shot in the hip, in great pain, as he tried to crawl to the rear. Charles H. Myers was dead. Woody and Myers had joined C Co. and Sullivan's gun crew from D Co. just before we left Espiritu Santo for Guadalcanal.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Lowell Bulger, quoted in "The Raider Patch" (May 1980)[/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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