RAIDERS Pyne, Harold Wesley

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Pyne
  • FORENAME
Harold Wesley
  • UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (HQ Company)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
294910
  • DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
  • AGE
22
  • GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot A, Row 1, Grave 202
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided West Virginia
born 15.10.1920, Cabell, West Virginia
father Ercel Smith Pyne (1890-1969)
mother Gladys Mae (nee Luther) Pyne (1901-1997)
attended Barboursville High School
20.09.1940 enlisted Parris Island, South Carolina
Next of kin - Mother Mrs. Gladys Pyne, 3716 Crane Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia
Brother - Frederick Earl Pyne PFC US Marines
KIA Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
 

DATE OF DEATH:

10-Jul-1943

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56784947/harold-wesley-pyne

SERVICE HISTORY:

PYNE, Harold W., PFC 521/522/745(Rifleman) SN: 294910
Born: 14 Oct 1920 Union, Ohio
Enlisted USMC: 13 Sep 1940 (Home of Record: 3716 Crane Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fort William McKinley Cemetery, Manila, P.I. (Section A, Row 1, Grave 202)

Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 405 New Custom House, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “13Sep40; 13, Jdenl at DHS Charleston, W.Va.,To RD, MB, PI, SC”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1940 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “13Sep40; 15, jdfr DHS Charleston, W.Va.”
Oct 1940 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “30, Qual MM”
Nov 1940 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “9, to MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, Va.”

Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
Nov-Dec 1940 Pvt, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “13Sep40; jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MB, PI, SC”
Jan-Oct 1941 Pvt, BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “21Oct, to MB, NMD, Yorktown, Va.”
Marine Barracks, US Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, VA
Oct 1941 Pvt, MB, NMD, Yorktown, VA “13Sep40; 21, jdfr BksDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, Va.”
Jan 1942 PFC, MB, NMD, Yorktown, VA “22, pro.”
Apr 1942 PFC, 1stGdCo, GdBn, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1942 PFC, 1stGdCo, GdBn, MB, Quantico, VA
Oct 1942 Pvt, MB, NMD, Yorktown, VA “13Sep40, 26, to TC, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”

6th Replacement Battalion, FMF, Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, 6thReplBn, FMF, TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “13Sep40; 26, jdfr MB, NMD, Yorktown, Va.”
Jan 1943 Pvt, 6thReplBn, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia) “5, to 1st Raider Bn”

Company E, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co E, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field “13Sep40; 5, jdfr 6thReplBn, IMAC, Noumea, N.C.”
Company D, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “16-20 , on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 PFC, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “13Sep40; 4, emb abd USS MC CALLA at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
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