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casualties - those who died or were killed - is compiled
from the USMC Casualty Cards (mc),
supplemented by other sources - click
for source abbreviations. For unit abbreviations,
see the 'Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations", OPNAV
29-P1000 made available online by Hyperwar.
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FEBRUARY 1942
Sunday, February, 1, 1942
Sunday, February, 1, 1942
| USMC: Air Detachment, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, was redesignated Marine Corps Air Station, Parris Island |
MCCULLOCH, John Francis,
7574, MarBks, NavAuxAirStation, Pensacola, Fla,
accidental death (mc)
Monday,
February 2, 1942
HUVAL, Robert Anthony,
312362, MarDet, USS Chester, died of wounds (mc)
TUCKER, Edwin Postley, 192501, CoC, 1stBn, 5thMar, New River, NC, accidental death (mc)
TUCKER, Edwin Postley, 192501, CoC, 1stBn, 5thMar, New River, NC, accidental death (mc)
Wednesday,
February 4, 1942
DREYER, Frederick
Thomas, 8051, MarBks, Naval Air Station, Corpus
Christi, Tex, accidental death (mc)
Friday,
February 6, 1942
POWELL,
William Jack, 283470, HqDet, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa,
Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc)
SANDER, Rudolph Andrew, 313456, HQ, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc)
SCOTT, Thomas Buford, Jr, 265816, HQ, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc)
REED,
Willard, Jr, 4600, Patrol Wing Ten, Asiatic Fleet,
accidental death (mc)
SANDER, Rudolph Andrew, 313456, HQ, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc)
SCOTT, Thomas Buford, Jr, 265816, HQ, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc)
Tuesday, February, 10, 1942
| PACIFIC:
The 2d Joint Training Force,
commanded by Major General Clayton
B. Vogel, was redesignated the
Amphibious Force. U.S. Pacific
Fleet MIDWAY: A Japanese submarine fired two rounds at American installations before being driven off by aircraft of Marine Fighter Squadron 221 |
Thursday, February 12, 1942
BRATZ, Gerald Ray,
347901, BtryP, 10thMar, 2ndMarDiv, Camp Elliott, San
Diego, Calif, died (mc)
Friday,
February, 13, 1942
Saturday, February 14, 1942
BEHRING, Benjamin
Franklin, 318714, HqCo, RecDep, Parris Island, SC,
accidental death (mc)
Saturday, February 14, 1942
HOFFMAN,
Charles Edward M, 6897, MarBks, NavAirSta,
Pensacola, Fla, accidental death (mc)
Monday,
February 16, 1942
STOWERS, Moss Eliase,
326328, CoK, 3rdBn, 5thMar, MarBks, New River, NC,
killed (mc)
Tuesday,
February, 17, 1942
| PHILIPPINES: A detachment of the USS Canopus crewmen, sailors from the Cavite Naval Ammunition Depot, and the majority of the general duty men were transferred to the 4th Marines on Corregidor |
Wednesday,
February 18, 1942
FLEGAL, Milton Wallace, 329653, MarBks, NS, Balboa, Canal Zone, died (mc)
Thursday,
February, 19, 1942
| CUBA: The 9th Defense Battalion arrived in Guantanamo Bay via the USS Biddle from Norfolk, Virginia |
Friday, February 20, 1942
BACK, George Joseph,
6842, MarBks, NAS, Miami, Fla, accidental death
(mc)
Saturday, February 21, 1942
BARNARD,
William Gordon, 268210, VMSB232, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Ewa,
Oahu, Hawaiian Is, died (mc)
Friday, February 27-March 1, 1942
| JAVA SEA: The Battle of the Java Sea. An Allied naval force attacked a Japanese force covering the Java invasion convoy in a delaying action which resulted in the most severe U.S. naval losses since Pearl Harbor, including USS Houston |