RAIDERS Wabschall, Daniel Albert

Geordie: Fighting Legend of the Modern SAS
By Geordie Doran, Mike Morgan
Do or Die
By S.E. Lee

Craig Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Wabschall
  • FORENAME
Daniel Albert
  • UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company D)
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
346682
  • DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
  • AGE
19
  • GRAVESITE
Greenwood Cemetery, Hayward, Wisconsin, USA. Plot Mem B, Row 1, Grave 11
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 15.08.1923, Hayward, Wisconsin, USA
father Harry Albert Wabschall (1894-1962)
mother Myrtle Catherine (nee Thayer) Boss (1905-1999)
attended Riverside School, Winter
graduated Franklin High School, Franklin, Wisconsin
07.01.1942 entered service
04.1943 1st Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Foster Father. Mr. Paul Jadin, Route 1, New Franken, Wisconsin
KIA Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
 

DATE OF DEATH:

10-Jul-1943

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122353885/daniel-a-wabschall

SERVICE HISTORY:

WABSCHALL, Daniel A., Pvt 521/601/745(Rifleman) SN: 346682
Born: 15 Aug 1923 Hayward, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
Enlisted USMC: 07 Jan 1942 (Home of Record: Rt. 1, New Franken, Wisconsin)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Hayward, Sawyer County, WI (Section B)

Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Jan 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “7Jan42; Jdenl at DHS Milwaukee, Wis., and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
9th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, 9thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “7Jan42; 10, jdfr CRD, Milwaukee, Wis.”

3” Anti Aircraft Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Reinforced, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Pvt, 3”AA Grp, 2ndDefBn, Rein, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field “7Jan42; 1, jdfr H&S Btry, 7thDefBn, 2dMarBrig, Rein, In the Field”
Jul 1942 Pvt, 3”AA Grp, 2ndDefBn, Rein, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field
Oct 1942 Pvt, 3”AA Grp, 2ndDefBn, Rein, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field “27, by S/Rs to Base Depot, FMF, Samoa”

Base Depot, Fleet Marine Force, Samoa
Oct 1942 Pvt, Base Depot, FMF, Samoa “7Jan42; 27, jdby S/Rs fr 3”AA Grp, 2dDefBn, Rein, 2dMarBrig, Tutuila, m. Samoa; 27-31, sk USN Mob Hosp #3, Tutuila, Am. Samoa”

3” Anti Aircraft Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Reinforced, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, 3”AA Grp, 2ndDefBn, Rein, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field

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.) “12-20 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “7Jan42; 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 on New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
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