- SURNAME
Thornberry
- FORENAME
Samuel Paul
- UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (HQ Company)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
404843
- DATE OF DEATH
1st July 1943
- AGE
24
- GRAVESITE
Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Michigan
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Michigan
born 25.08.1918, Senath, Missouri, USA
father James Benjamin Thornberry (1880-1935)
mother Amanda Belle (nee Cates) Thornberry (1884-1962)
wife Evelyn Bell (nee Stevens) Bohl (1920-1995) (married 1938)
daughter Barbara A. Thornberry (1942-1942)
10.06.1942 entered service
01.1943 4th Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Evelyn Thornsberry, 2024 Goodrich Street, Flint, Michigan
KIA Viru Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Name as Thornsberry - clerical error!
DATE OF DEATH:
01-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52892360/paul-samuel-thornberrySERVICE HISTORY:
THORNSBERRY, Samuel P., PFC 521/522/745(Rifleman) SN: 404843
Born: 25 Aug 1918 Michigan
Enlisted USMC: 10 Jun 1942 (Home of Record: 2024 Goodrich Street, Flint, Michigan)
Died: 01 Jul 1943 (KIA, Viru Harbor, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, Mt. Morris, MI (Section , Row , Grave )
7th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jun 1942 Pvt, 7thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "10Jun42; 13, jdfr CRD Detroit, Mich."
Jul 1942 Pvt, 7thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Radio Company, Signal Battalion, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, RadCo, SigBn, MCB, San Diego, CA "Stud Radio Op School"
Company B, 4th Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co B, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "(CP); 19-25, spl temp det d abd US naval vessel conn amph trng"
Company O, 4th Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co O, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.) "(CP)"
Jun 1943 PFC, Co O, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "20, emb abd USS Dent (APD-9) at Tetere, Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 21, arr and participated in the occupation of Segi Point, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 27, emb in rubber boats at Segi Point, New Georgia and debarked on 28 at Regi Village, New Georgia; 29-30, participated in the seizure and occupation of Viru Harbor, New Georgia, B.S.I."
Jul 1943 PFC, Co O, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "1, killed in organized action against the enemy while participating in the seizure and occupation of Viru Harbor, New Georgia, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply, Char Exc.; Remains interred at Viru Harbor Cemetery, Row 2, Grave 1, New Georgia, B.S.I.
Born: 25 Aug 1918 Michigan
Enlisted USMC: 10 Jun 1942 (Home of Record: 2024 Goodrich Street, Flint, Michigan)
Died: 01 Jul 1943 (KIA, Viru Harbor, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, Mt. Morris, MI (Section , Row , Grave )
7th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jun 1942 Pvt, 7thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "10Jun42; 13, jdfr CRD Detroit, Mich."
Jul 1942 Pvt, 7thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Radio Company, Signal Battalion, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Oct 1942 Pvt, RadCo, SigBn, MCB, San Diego, CA "Stud Radio Op School"
Company B, 4th Raider Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co B, 4thRdrBn, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "(CP); 19-25, spl temp det d abd US naval vessel conn amph trng"
Company O, 4th Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co O, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Espiritu Santo, N.H.) "(CP)"
Jun 1943 PFC, Co O, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "20, emb abd USS Dent (APD-9) at Tetere, Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 21, arr and participated in the occupation of Segi Point, New Georgia, B.S.I.; 27, emb in rubber boats at Segi Point, New Georgia and debarked on 28 at Regi Village, New Georgia; 29-30, participated in the seizure and occupation of Viru Harbor, New Georgia, B.S.I."
Jul 1943 PFC, Co O, 4thRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) "1, killed in organized action against the enemy while participating in the seizure and occupation of Viru Harbor, New Georgia, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply, Char Exc.; Remains interred at Viru Harbor Cemetery, Row 2, Grave 1, New Georgia, B.S.I.
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