- SURNAME
Wahlers
- FORENAME
Floyd William
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
455638
- DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
- AGE
18
- GRAVESITE
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Tower, Michigan, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.06.1925, Tower, Michigan, USA
father Frederick Wahlers (1896-1969)
mother Nettie Irene (nee Stoughton) Wahlers (1904-????)
17.09.1942 entered service USMC
07.1943 1st Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Nettie Scutt, 4037 Bewick Street, Detroit, Michigan
KIA Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
10-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55316896/floyd-w-wahlersSERVICE HISTORY:
WAHLERS, Floyd W., Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 455638
Born: 23 Jun 1925 Tower, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Enlisted USMCR: 17 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 4037 Berwick Street, Detroit, Michigan)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Tower, Cheboygan County, MI (Section , Site )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “17Sep42; Jdenl at DHS Detroit, Mich. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “17Sep42; 19, jdfr CRD; 17, Jdenl at DHS Detroit, Mich.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Battery A, 3rd Special Weapons Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Btry A, 3rdSplWpnsBn, 3rdMarDiv, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “25, trans to FMFTC, Camp Elliott”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “17Sep42; 25, jdfr Co A, 3rdSplWpnsBn, 3dMarDiv, FMF, Post”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 16Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “17Sep42; 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.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: 23 Jun 1925 Tower, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Enlisted USMCR: 17 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 4037 Berwick Street, Detroit, Michigan)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Tower, Cheboygan County, MI (Section , Site )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Sep 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “17Sep42; Jdenl at DHS Detroit, Mich. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “17Sep42; 19, jdfr CRD; 17, Jdenl at DHS Detroit, Mich.”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Battery A, 3rd Special Weapons Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Btry A, 3rdSplWpnsBn, 3rdMarDiv, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “25, trans to FMFTC, Camp Elliott”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “17Sep42; 25, jdfr Co A, 3rdSplWpnsBn, 3dMarDiv, FMF, Post”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 16Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “17Sep42; 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.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
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