PARAMARINES Pittman, Richard Leo

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Pittman
  • FORENAME
Richard Leo
  • UNIT
formerly 1st Marine Parachute Regiment (HQ 3)
  • RANK
Corporal
  • NUMBER
834857
  • DATE OF DEATH
21st February 1945
  • AGE
20
  • GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Plot M, 580
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.10.1924 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
resided 404 South Busey Street, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (draft card)
18.12.1942 draft card Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Tess Jones, Sacramento, California
KIA Iwo Jima, Japan (2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 6th Marine Division)
awarded Bronze Star Medal
 
First to Fight
By Victor H. Krulak
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