- SURNAME
Peck
- FORENAME
Kenneth Carlton
- UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company L)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
832429
- DATE OF DEATH
4th November 1943
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. Section K
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 08.03.1923, Michigan, USA
father Clarence Eugene Peck (1895-1958)
mother Clara Frances (nee Brown) Peck (1900-1982)
fiance Carolyn Hurd
1941 graduated Royal Oak High School
13.02.1943 enlisted
Next of kin - Mother Mrs. Frances Peck, 5657 Williamson Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan
DOW Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
04-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119160157/kenneth-carlton-peckSERVICE HISTORY:
PECK, Kenneth C., PFC 521/745 SN: 832429
Born: 08 Mar 1923 Michigan
Enlisted USMC: 13 Feb 1943 (Home of Record: 22406 Beech Road, Dearborn, Michigan)
Died: 04 Nov 1943 (DOW, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, MI (Section B, Grave 126)
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, MCB, San Diego, CA
Feb 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "13Feb43; 16, jdfr CRD; 13, Enl DHS Detroit, Mich."
Apr 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "8, qual SS; 17, to TC, Camp Elliott, 22ndReplBn"
22nd Replacement Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, 22ndReplBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "13Feb43; 17, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
Company D, Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co D, InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "13Feb43; 17, jdfr RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
22nd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, 22ndReplBn, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) "13Feb43; 25, to 1stMarRdrRegt, 1stMAC"
Company L, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, IMAC, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "13Feb43; 25, jdfr 22ndReplBn, Noumea, N.C."
Company L, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), IMAC, In the Field
Oct 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43; 11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date; 19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "Wounded in Action; 4, Died of wounds received in action
Born: 08 Mar 1923 Michigan
Enlisted USMC: 13 Feb 1943 (Home of Record: 22406 Beech Road, Dearborn, Michigan)
Died: 04 Nov 1943 (DOW, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, MI (Section B, Grave 126)
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, MCB, San Diego, CA
Feb 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "13Feb43; 16, jdfr CRD; 13, Enl DHS Detroit, Mich."
Apr 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA "8, qual SS; 17, to TC, Camp Elliott, 22ndReplBn"
22nd Replacement Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, 22ndReplBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "13Feb43; 17, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
Company D, Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co D, InfBn, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "13Feb43; 17, jdfr RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
22nd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, 22ndReplBn, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) "13Feb43; 25, to 1stMarRdrRegt, 1stMAC"
Company L, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, IMAC, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "13Feb43; 25, jdfr 22ndReplBn, Noumea, N.C."
Company L, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), IMAC, In the Field
Oct 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43; 11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date; 19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "Wounded in Action; 4, Died of wounds received in action
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