- SURNAME
Siler
- FORENAME
Joseph Benerd, Jr.
- UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company L)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
506412
- DATE OF DEATH
1st November 1943
- AGE
18
- GRAVESITE
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California, USA. Plot B, 26
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 11.02.1925 Washington, USA
father Joseph Siler (1898-1963)
mother Bertha (nee Lockhart) Siler (1906-1971)
13.12.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Father. Mr. Joseph B. Siler, Mineral, Washington
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
01-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3633261/joseph-b-silerSERVICE HISTORY:
SILER, Joseph B., Jr, Pvt 521/745 SN: 506412
Born: 11 Feb 1925 Washington
Enlisted USMCR: 13 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: Mineral, Washington)
Died: 01 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA (Section B, Grave 126)
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, MCB, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA"13Dec42; 15, jdfr WRD; 3, Enl DHS Seattle, Wash."
Jan 1943 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA
Raider Company, Headquarters Battalion, Training Center, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "1-13, sk PDisp; 14-30, Msm"
Jul 1943 Pvt, RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "7, to 23rdReplBn, TC, CE, SD, Calif."
23rd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, 23rdReplBn, FMF, In the Field (At sea) "13Dec42; 7, jdfr RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.;16, emb abd the SS PRES. POLK, at San Diego, Calif."
Company L, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), IMAC, In the Field
Oct 1943 Pvt, 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 Pvt, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1, Killed in Action
Born: 11 Feb 1925 Washington
Enlisted USMCR: 13 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: Mineral, Washington)
Died: 01 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA (Section B, Grave 126)
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, MCB, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA"13Dec42; 15, jdfr WRD; 3, Enl DHS Seattle, Wash."
Jan 1943 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA
Raider Company, Headquarters Battalion, Training Center, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Apr 1943 Pvt, RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "1-13, sk PDisp; 14-30, Msm"
Jul 1943 Pvt, RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "7, to 23rdReplBn, TC, CE, SD, Calif."
23rd Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 PFC, 23rdReplBn, FMF, In the Field (At sea) "13Dec42; 7, jdfr RdrCo, HqBn, TC, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.;16, emb abd the SS PRES. POLK, at San Diego, Calif."
Company L, 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), IMAC, In the Field
Oct 1943 Pvt, 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 Pvt, Co L, 3rdMarRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov) (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1, Killed in Action
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