- SURNAME
Rodgers
- FORENAME
William Almer, Jr.
- UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (HqCo)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
397965
- DATE OF DEATH
2nd November 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Franklin City Cemetery, Franklin, Illinois, USA.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 05.07.1922
father William A. Rodgers (1889-1963)
mother Henrietta (nee Seymour) Rodgers (1903-1992)
29.05.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Father. Mr. William A. Rodgers, Sr. Route 2, Box 25, Auburn, Illinois
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
02-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60984800/william-a-rodgersSERVICE HISTORY:
RODGERS, William A., Jr, PFC 521/522/675 SN: 397965
Born: 05 Jul 1922 Illinois
Enlisted USMC: 29 May 1942 (Home of Record: Rt. 2, Box 25, Auburn, Illinois)
Died: 02 Nov 1943 (Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Franklin City Cemetery, Franklin, Morgan County, IL (Plot D Row , Grave )
6th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
May 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA”29May42; 31, jdfr CRD”
Jul 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, to MB, NAS, Tongue Point, Ore.”
Marines Barracks, Naval Air Station, Tongue Point, OR
Jul 1942 Pvt, MB, NAS, Tongue Point, OR “29May42; 27, jdfr 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, MB, NAS, Tongue Point, OR “8, to Amphib Corps, Pac Flt, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Company B, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co B, 4thMarRdrBn, ACPF, FMF “29May42; 27, jdfr CasCo, FMF TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co B, 4thMarRdrBn, ACPF, FMF “19-25, spl temp d abd US Naval vessel conn amph trng”
Company O, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co O, 4thMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) “1-20, sk USNH war zone; 21, by S/Rs to CasDet, 1stMarRdrRegt”
Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment
Jul 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 4thMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Headquarters Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC “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 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) “ 2, KIA”
Born: 05 Jul 1922 Illinois
Enlisted USMC: 29 May 1942 (Home of Record: Rt. 2, Box 25, Auburn, Illinois)
Died: 02 Nov 1943 (Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Franklin City Cemetery, Franklin, Morgan County, IL (Plot D Row , Grave )
6th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
May 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA”29May42; 31, jdfr CRD”
Jul 1942 Pvt, 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, to MB, NAS, Tongue Point, Ore.”
Marines Barracks, Naval Air Station, Tongue Point, OR
Jul 1942 Pvt, MB, NAS, Tongue Point, OR “29May42; 27, jdfr 6thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, MB, NAS, Tongue Point, OR “8, to Amphib Corps, Pac Flt, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Company B, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, Co B, 4thMarRdrBn, ACPF, FMF “29May42; 27, jdfr CasCo, FMF TC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co B, 4thMarRdrBn, ACPF, FMF “19-25, spl temp d abd US Naval vessel conn amph trng”
Company O, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co O, 4thMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Gung Ho Camp, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides) “1-20, sk USNH war zone; 21, by S/Rs to CasDet, 1stMarRdrRegt”
Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment
Jul 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 4thMarRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Headquarters Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment(Provisional), IMAC
Oct 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC “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 Pvt, HqCo, 2ndRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (PROV), IMAC (Bougainville, Solomon Islands) “ 2, KIA”
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