- SURNAME
Williamson
- FORENAME
Donald Robert Ray
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
290531
- DATE OF DEATH
9th August 1942
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Section X.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 22.10.1919, Detroit, Michigan, USA
father James Henry Williamson (1878-1962)
mother Rosamelia (nee Hearns) Williamson (1882-1969)
05.08.1940 entered service USMC
04.1942 1st Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Rose Williamson, 6644 Sparta Street, Detroit, Michigan
DOW Tulagi, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Aug-1942FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190081150/donald-robert_ray-williamsonSERVICE HISTORY:
WILLIAMSON, Donald R. R., Cpl 521/745/653 SN: 290531
Born: XX Xxx 19XX Michigan
Enlisted USMCR: 05 Aug 1940 (Home of Record: 6644 Sparta Street, Detroit, Michigan)
Died of Wounds: 09 Aug 1942 (WIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, MI (Section , Site )
Central Recruiting Division, 706 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Aug 1940 Pvt, CRD, Chicago, IL “5Aug40; 5, Jdenl at DHS CRD, Detroit, Mich.; 5, to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Aug 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “5Aug40; 7, jdenl fr DHS Detroit, Mich.; 7-31, RI”
Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI”
Oct 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “DD; 2, Qual Mks.”
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Oct 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “5Aug40; 30, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC.”
Nov 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, On Board USS HENDERSON, Culebra, P.R.
Dec 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R.
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MC KEAN, Miami, FL “Abd USS MC KEAN for such duty as the CinC of the Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Oct 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “10-15, fur; 24-28, on bd USS LITTLE on temp d in conn with Navy Day demonstration at Washington D.C.”
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 PFC, Co B, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa) “1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-5, enroute; 6, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 6-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 11, disemb; 23, emb on bd USS COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7-8, Wounded in Action; 9, Died of Wounds
Born: XX Xxx 19XX Michigan
Enlisted USMCR: 05 Aug 1940 (Home of Record: 6644 Sparta Street, Detroit, Michigan)
Died of Wounds: 09 Aug 1942 (WIA, Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown Cemetery, MI (Section , Site )
Central Recruiting Division, 706 US Court House Building, Chicago, IL
Aug 1940 Pvt, CRD, Chicago, IL “5Aug40; 5, Jdenl at DHS CRD, Detroit, Mich.; 5, to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Aug 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “5Aug40; 7, jdenl fr DHS Detroit, Mich.; 7-31, RI”
Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI”
Oct 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “DD; 2, Qual Mks.”
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Oct 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “5Aug40; 30, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC.”
Nov 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, On Board USS HENDERSON, Culebra, P.R.
Dec 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R.
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MC KEAN, Miami, FL “Abd USS MC KEAN for such duty as the CinC of the Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Oct 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “10-15, fur; 24-28, on bd USS LITTLE on temp d in conn with Navy Day demonstration at Washington D.C.”
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 PFC, Co B, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA
Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa) “1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-5, enroute; 6, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 6-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 11, disemb; 23, emb on bd USS COLHOUN for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Aug 1942 Cpl, Co B, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, British Solomon Is) “7-8, Wounded in Action; 9, Died of Wounds
