- SURNAME
Williams
- FORENAME
Paul William
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company D)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
489864
- DATE OF DEATH
8th July 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Rose Hill Burial Park and Mausoleum, Ashland, Kentucky, USA. Plot D.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 12.07.1921, Kentucky, USA
01.12.1942 entered service USMC
07.1943 1st Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Father. Mr. Harry P. Williams, 2625 Roosevelt Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky
KIA Enogai Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
08-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78519886/paul-w-williamsSERVICE HISTORY:
WILLIAMS, Paul W., Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 489864
Born: 12 Jul 1921 Kentucky
Enlisted USMCR: 01 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: 717 Greenup Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky)
Died: 08 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Rose Hill Burial Park, Ashland, County, KY (Section , Site )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Dec 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “1Dec42; Jdenl at DHS Louisville, Ky. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 3, jdfr CRD; 1, Jdenl at DHS Louisville, Ky”
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, Tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 27, to FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 27, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 17Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company D, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “1Dec42; 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.; 8, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: 12 Jul 1921 Kentucky
Enlisted USMCR: 01 Dec 1942 (Home of Record: 717 Greenup Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky)
Died: 08 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Rose Hill Burial Park, Ashland, County, KY (Section , Site )
Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Dec 1942 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “1Dec42; Jdenl at DHS Louisville, Ky. and tr to RD, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
2nd Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Dec 1942 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 3, jdfr CRD; 1, Jdenl at DHS Louisville, Ky”
Jan 1943 Pvt, 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “27, Tr by S/Rs fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); 27, to FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
14th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “1Dec42; 27, jdfr 2ndRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 14thReplBn, FMF, In the Field “Emb 17Apr43 and sailed 18Apr43”
Company D, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co D, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “1Dec42; 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.; 8, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
