- SURNAME
Woodallen
- FORENAME
Alan Eugene
- UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company M)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
462241
- DATE OF DEATH
20th November 1943
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 9, Grave 57
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 30.12.1923 Montgomery, Alabama, USA
father Mario Alan Woodallen (1905-1972) also USMC
mother Mary Frances (nee Fuller) Woodallen (1906-1989)
attended Decatur Street School
attended Sam Houston High School
18.09.1942 entered service USMC
04.1943 3rd Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. M. Alan Woodallen, 505 Bayland Street, Houston, Texas
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
20-Nov-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56750824/alan-eugene-woodallenSERVICE HISTORY:
WOODALLEN, Alan E., PFC 521/504(Ammo Carrier) SN: 462241
Born: 30 Dec 1923 Montgomery, Alabama
Enlisted USMCR: 18 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 505 Bayland Avenue, Houston, Texas)
Died: 20 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Ft William McKinley American Cemetery, Manila, PI (Section F, Row 9, Grave 57)
8th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "18Sep42; 21, jdfr SRD; 18, Enl DHS San Antonio, Tex."
Oct 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Nov 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "?, fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); to ParaTrngSch, Post"
Company B, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co B, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA "18Sep42; 1-10, StudPara; 11, Desig StudPara revoked; 22, to Hq, SDA, FMF, Camp Elliott, Calif."
11th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 11thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "18Sep42; 22, jdfr Co B, ParaTrngSch, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
Replacement Battalion, Regulating Station (Transient Center), 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, FMF
Apr 1943 Pvt, ReplBn, RegSta(TranC), IMAC, FMF (Noumea, N.C.) "2, to 1stMarRaiderRegt, 1stMAC"
3rd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia) "18Sep42; 2, jdfr CasBn (TC), 1st MarAmphCorps, Noumea, N.C."
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Company M, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Oct 1943 PFC, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43; 11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date; 19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1-19, participated in offensive operations against Japanese forces in the vicinity of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, B.S.I.; 20, Killed in Action
Born: 30 Dec 1923 Montgomery, Alabama
Enlisted USMCR: 18 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 505 Bayland Avenue, Houston, Texas)
Died: 20 Nov 1943 (KIA, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands)
Interred: Ft William McKinley American Cemetery, Manila, PI (Section F, Row 9, Grave 57)
8th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "18Sep42; 21, jdfr SRD; 18, Enl DHS San Antonio, Tex."
Oct 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA
Nov 1942 Pvt, 8thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA "?, fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); to ParaTrngSch, Post"
Company B, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co B, ParaTrngSch, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA "18Sep42; 1-10, StudPara; 11, Desig StudPara revoked; 22, to Hq, SDA, FMF, Camp Elliott, Calif."
11th Replacement Battalion, FMF Training Center, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, 11thReplBn, FMFTC, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA "18Sep42; 22, jdfr Co B, ParaTrngSch, MCB, San Diego, Calif."
Replacement Battalion, Regulating Station (Transient Center), 1st Marine Amphibious Corps, FMF
Apr 1943 Pvt, ReplBn, RegSta(TranC), IMAC, FMF (Noumea, N.C.) "2, to 1stMarRaiderRegt, 1stMAC"
3rd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia) "18Sep42; 2, jdfr CasBn (TC), 1st MarAmphCorps, Noumea, N.C."
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, In the Field (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Company M, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional), 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Oct 1943 PFC, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Noumea, N.C. & Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) "6, Emb abd USS PRES. ADAMS at Noumea, N.C. and sailed therefrom on 7Oct43; 11, arr at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and disemb same date; 19, emb abd USS FULLER at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date."
Nov 1943 PFC, Co M, 3rdRdrBn, 2ndMarRdrRegt (Prov), 1st MAC (Bougainville, B.S.I.) "1-19, participated in offensive operations against Japanese forces in the vicinity of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, B.S.I.; 20, Killed in Action
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