- SURNAME
Sauer
- FORENAME
Reinhard Joseph
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
472494
- DATE OF DEATH
11th July 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
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- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 08.04.1922, Brooklyn, New York, USA
father Ernest J. Sauer (1885-1944)
mother Marie Sauer (1890-????)
30.06.1942 draft card Brooklyn, Kings, New York
29.09.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sauer, 64 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
KIA New Georgia, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
11-Jul-1943SERVICE HISTORY:
SAUER, Reinhard J., Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 472494
Born: XX Xxx 1922 Brooklyn, New York
Enlisted USMCR: 29 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 64 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York)
Died: 11 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unidentified Cemetery, Kings County, NY (Section , Site )
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “29Sep42; Jdenl at DHS New York, NY and tr to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1942 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Sep42; 30, jdfr ERD; 29, Jdenl at DHS New York, NY”
1st Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Sep42; 28, jdfr 11thRecBn,RDep, Post ”
Company A, 3rd Replacement Battalion, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co A, 3rdReplBn, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Amer. Samoa) “29Sep42; 13, arr and 14, disemb at Tutuila, American Samoa; 19, jdfr HqCo, 3dReplBn”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “Msm; 10-14 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “29Sep42; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY 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.; 11, KIA on New Georgia, B.S.I and buried in the field, 200 yards, 280 degrees fr bridge on Enogai Point; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: XX Xxx 1922 Brooklyn, New York
Enlisted USMCR: 29 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 64 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York)
Died: 11 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unidentified Cemetery, Kings County, NY (Section , Site )
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 1700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, ERD, Phila., PA “29Sep42; Jdenl at DHS New York, NY and tr to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
11th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1942 Pvt, 11thRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Sep42; 30, jdfr ERD; 29, Jdenl at DHS New York, NY”
1st Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “29Sep42; 28, jdfr 11thRecBn,RDep, Post ”
Company A, 3rd Replacement Battalion, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co A, 3rdReplBn, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Amer. Samoa) “29Sep42; 13, arr and 14, disemb at Tutuila, American Samoa; 19, jdfr HqCo, 3dReplBn”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “Msm; 10-14 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “29Sep42; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY 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.; 11, KIA on New Georgia, B.S.I and buried in the field, 200 yards, 280 degrees fr bridge on Enogai Point; GO#20 does not apply.
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