U.S. Marine Corps, GUADALCANAL LANDINGS, Tulagi Landings, Battle of Savo Island, Col. Goeettge Patrol, Makin Raid, killed and died, August 1942

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Part 2 - BY DATE, AUGUST 1942, Guadalcanal and Tulagi Landings, Battle of Savo Island, Col. Goeettge Patrol, Makin Raid
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This list of Marine 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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The role of the Marine Corps is widely known, but excerpts, in italics with grey background, from the official "Chronology of the United States Marine Corps 1935-1946" (mh) by Carolyn A Tyson have been added. These provide a background to the casualties suffered.



AUGUST 1942


Sunday, August, 2, 1942

NEW HEBRIDES: Aircraft of Marine Observation Squadron 251 began to arrive at Espiritu Santo airfield   

   DE MEO, Anthony L, 854829, CoB, 5thFldDep, SS, Pac, died, (mc)



Monday, August, 3, 1942
USMC: Major General Clayton B. Vogel, senior Fleet Marine Force commander at San Diego, was designated Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, San Diego Area, to head all Fleet Marine Force units in the 11th Naval District   

   

Wednesday, August 5, 1942

FIALDINI, Antony, 10350, HqSqn, MAG23, 2ndMAW, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death, (mc)



Thursday, August 6, 1942

FITZGERALD, Paul Joseph, 343387, MGGrp, 2ndDefBn, Samoan Is, drowned, (mc)



Friday, August, 7, 1942

USMC: Marine Aircraft Wing, Pacific, was organized in accordance with a dispatch directive from the Commandant

SOLOMONS: After preliminary bombardment, Task Groups Yoke and X-Ray of the 1st Marine Division landed in the Tulagi area and on Guadalcanal with naval and air support; this was the first American land offensive undertaken in the war against Japan

The 5th Marines (less the 2d Battalion) landed on Red Beach, Guadalcanal, followed by the 1st Marines in reserve. The 1st and 5th Marines crossed the Tenaru River and moved unopposed toward the Ilu. Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift, commanding the Guadalcanal-Tulagi forces, ordered the occupation of the airfield and the establishment of a defensive line along the Lunga River

The 1st Raider Battalion landed unopposed at Blue Beach on the western shore of Tulagi Island followed by the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines. Colonel Merritt Edson, commanding the 1st Raider Battalion, launched a coordinated attack to the southeast but stopped at a heavily fortified ravine in the forward slope of Hill 281.

Company B, 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, landed unopposed on Florida Island near Haleta to protect the left wing of the Tulagi landing; a similar landing by the remainder of the 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, followed at Halavo Peninsula

The 1st Parachute Battalion landed on the northeast coast of Gavutu and advanced toward Gavutu's high ground. The 2d Marines, sent to reinforce the Gavutu-Tanambogo operation, met heavy resistance on the east shore of Tanambogo and withdrew

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
CRANE, Charles Oscar, Jr, 331868, CoB, 1stBn, believe Solomon Is, killed in action (mc)
CROWDER, Rollie Wayne, 312343, CoD, 1stBn, believe 1stMarDiv, killed in action (mc)
DAVIS, Paul Edward, 331848, CoD, 1stBn, believe 1stMarDiv, killed in action (mc)
HELTZEL, Grover Asberry, 326030, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MILLER, Russell Lee, 364062, CoB, 1stBn, believe Solomon Is, killed in action (mc)
PROFIT, Jake, Jr, 364070, CoD, 1stBn, believe 1stMarDiv, killed in action (mc)
TALEEN, Clayton Carl, 339686, CoB, 1stBn, believe Solomon Is, killed in action (mc)
WORTHEN, Robert Earl, 266916, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
HUFF, Henry Allen, 298759, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
WEBSTER, A D, 267006, CoF, 2ndBn, believe Solomon Is, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv? 5thMar
CARNS, Marvin Clifton, 296505, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
LEWIS, Milton, 270365, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MCKELVEY, Robert Samuel, 371804, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
NOVAK, Thomas Andrew, 353788, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stMarRdrBn
BARCOMB, Charles Joseph, 337135, CoA, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
BARR, Woodrow Wilson, 355620, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
BOWERS, Kenneth Stewart, 359034, CoD, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
BRADLEY, Marion Eugene, 344024, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
CARPELLOTTI, Louis Joseph, 294497, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
FAIRBANKS, Benjamin Warren, 332392, HqCo, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
GIFFELS, Gordon Joseph, 267534, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
GYATT, Edward Earl, 354241, CoA, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
HAMPTON, Arthur David, 293337, CoE, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
HANSEN, Evan Julian, 294279, CoD, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
HINKLE, Fred Lawrence, 268225, CoE, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
HUBER, Frank, 388914, CoD, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
KEY, Eugene Morland, 7597, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
LEHMAN, Clifford Allan, 337123, CoE, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
LOVIN, Louis Arthur, 343895, CoA, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
LUKE, Alexander Joseph, 243381, CoE, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
MILLER, Claude William, 282424, CoD, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
NICKEL, Thomas Frederik, 367233, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
PAINE, Robert Ignatius, 354984, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
RENYE, Buckley William, 280262, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
ROZGA, Walter Joseph, 297533, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
SPEICHER, Elmer Lawrence, 286453, CoH, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
STRANDVOLD, William Andrew, 351795, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
TROWBRIDGE, George Willard, Jr., 337134, CoE, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stParaBn
BRAY, Raymond Leon, 295600, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
BRZUCHALSKI, Leo Michael, 260785, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
BURDO, Ronald Allen, 295986, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
BURRI, Henry Jaems, 284933, HQ, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
CAMPBELL, Alan Marion, 237679, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
CRUMPLER, Lawton, Jr, 285963, CoC, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
DE MATTEIS, Crescenzo Pasquale, 279635, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
DRISCOLL, Thomas Patrick, 267552, HqCo, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
FONDREN, Jake Duff, 303202, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
GAGNON, Leo Morris, 281567, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
GRADY, George Francis, 268414, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
HENNESSY, James Francis, 252907, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
HIRSHBERG, Sidney, 298300, HqCo, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
HUERTH, Richard Joyce, 5511, CoC, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
JENSEN, Clayton Stanley, 285663, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
JOHNS, Harold Edward, 272773, HqCo, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
KACHINSY, Roland Fredrick, 256111, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
KENNEDY, Anthony Leo, 291697, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
KISER, Walter Willard, 10987, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
MARTIN, Emory Domingos, 269924, CoD, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
MASON, Emerson Everett, Jr., 6006, HqCo, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
PUMROY, Howard Damas, 248031, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
SANTIAGO, Frank Garcia, 297374, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
WALTON, Merritt Cecil, 259041, CoA, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
WESTBROOK, Leroy, 251026, CoB, 1stParaBn, killed in action (mc)
YOUNG, Walter Xavier, 7873, 1stParaBn, believe Solomon Is, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
STETZER, Gerald Wilbur, 334228, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
BUNN, Virgil Sceburn, 280445, CoL, 3rdBn, POW-died (mc)


ALEXANDER, Harold Fred, 323147, MarDet, USS Ranger, accidental death (mc)



Saturday, August, 8, 1942

PACIFIC: Admiral Ghormley, ComSoPac, approved a request by the Commander, Task Force 61 to withdraw his carrier force from the Guadalcanal area until sufficient land-based aircraft and fuel were available to support shipping

GUADALCANAL: The 5th Marines and Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, crossed the Ilu and Lunga Rivers and moved toward the Kakum River. The 1st Battalion and the tanks met the first scattered Japanese resistance on the island

SOLOMONS: The 3d Battalion, 2d Marines (rein), joined later by two tanks from Company C, 2d Tank Battalion, landed on Gavutu to reinforce the 1st Parachute Battalion there

Elements of the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, on Tulagi moved to the southeast to assist the 1st Raider Battalion in the sweep of that part of the island, resulting in the end of organized opposition on Tulagi

The Battle of Savo Island (night of the 8th/9th). Elements of the Japanese Eighth Fleet attacked Allied shipping between Savo and Florida Islands; four Allied cruisers were lost.

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
AHRENS, Edward Henry, 358161, 1stMarRdrBn, believe 1stMarDiv, died of wounds (mc)
BRESINGER, Joseph George, 293452, CoB, 1stParaBn, died of wounds (mc)
BRULE, Dellard Joseph, 357500, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
DAILEY, Gail Fordvce, 229161, CoG, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)
DANLEY, Vivan, 334977, CoC, 2ndTkBn, killed in action (mc)
FOX, Myles Crosby, 6945, CoE, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)
GILLIGAN, John Joseph, Jr, 351523, 1stMarRdrBn, believe 1stMarDiv, died of wounds (mc)
NEE, Michael Francis, 354658, 1stMarRdrBn, believe 1stMarDiv, died of wounds (mc)
RICHARDT, Leon Carl, 255553, CoC, 2ndTkBn, killed in action (mc)
WALSH, Patrick Joseph, 372925, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
GROVER, Oscar John, Jr, 342944, CoC, 1stBn, 1stMar, believe 1stMarDiv, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
GIVENS, Warren Lee, 350004, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
HARPHAM, William Dennis, 345983, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
HILL, Harold Harry, 394483, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
HOLDEN, Richard Alden, 331148, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
KEIG, Robert Daniel, 198653, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
KNUTSON, Harold Selmer, 346654, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
KOOTLAS, Frank, 337288, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
KUPER, Kenneth Eugene, 317667, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MACK, Gerald Donald, 331593, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
REMENARIC, George Luke, 352424, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
STILWELL, Hobert Lee, 272454, CoI, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)
SWEENEY, Robert James, 8529, CoC, 2ndTkBn, killed in action (mc)
WAGNER, John Roger, 346645, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WALKER, Russell, 193869, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WASHER, Robert John, 352947, CoB, 1stBn, believe Solomon Is, died of wounds (mc)
WEISBROD, Robert Karl, 337418, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WILSON, Carl Nolan, 347559, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
STEEN, William John, 252272, CoL, 3rdBn, believe Solomon Is, killed in action (mc)


KLIEN, Richard Jesse, 276391, Hq&SerCo, 2ndTkBn, 2ndMarDiv, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)
LUTA, Clarence Joseph, 302580, 2ndGdCo, GdBn, MCB, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)



Sunday, August, 9, 1942

SOLOMONS: Task Force 61, supporting the Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings, departed the Solomons for Noumea leaving the landing force without air or surface support until 20 August

Tanambogo and Gavutu were secured, and the occupation of the Nggela island group was completed when units of the 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, captured several small peripheral islands including Makambo, Mbangai, Kokomtumbu, and Songonangona

The 1st and 2d Battalions, 2d Marines, went ashore on Beach Blue, Tulagi    

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
ALLAN, John Wesley, 351774, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)
BUTTS, Leonard James, 349306, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)
COLLINS, Odell Frankling, 334664, CoA, 1stAmphTracBn, died of wounds (mc)
ELLISON, Clyde Wheeler, 263257, CoB, 1stParaBn, died of wounds (mc)
FLANAGAN, Andrew Eugene, 370538, CoD, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)
MCCULLOCH, Noble, 284414, CoB, 1stParaBn, died of wounds (mc)
STOSILAVAGE, George Thomas, 271894, CoB, 1stParaBn, died of wounds (mc)
WILLIAMSON, Donald Robert Roy, 290531, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
GOOD, Leo Eugene, 371182, CoN, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)
KINGERY, Alvin Claude, 358652, CoE, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)
LISTON, Robert Lee, 348283, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MURRAY, Eugene Lagrande, 345961, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WILLIAMS, William Albert, 315441, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
ERVIN, Jefferson Casie, Jr, 329137, CoM, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)

1stMarDiv? 5thMar
CLARK, Eugene Henry, 371872, CoA, 1stEngrBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv? 11thMar
DUTTON, William Chandler, 297389, BtryH, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND

MarDet, USS Astoria
BAXTROM, Charles John, 272764, killed in action (mc)
BERKMAN, Manny, 160244, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
BRITTON, Francis Gerald, 309401, died of wounds (mc)
FRAAKEN, Kenneth Carl, 284999, killed in action (mc)
HOESE, Howard F, 286366, missing in action (mc)
HORD, Joplin Carl, 156901, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
KUST, Wencel William, 285446, killed in action (mc)
WOOD, William Posey, 321825, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)

MarDet, USS Quincy
BURKE, Edward Dennis, 287677, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
CARPENTER, Courtney Sledd, Jr, 282859, killed in action (mc)
COMMERS, John Meigs, Pvt, 289848, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
MCNAIR, Henry Levell, 198070, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
RANKIN, Bruce Junior, 309310, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
SANDERS, William Lamar, 288719, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
VIVIO, John Dario, 343857, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
WATKINS, Robert Ernest, 273306, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)

MarDet, USS Vincennes
BUCCI, Henry Elpidio, 165721, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
CUCCI, Gerard Domnick, Pvt, 319654, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
EMMONS, Thomas Allen, 324277, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
GRIFFITH, Jay Charles, Jr, 2Lt, 8753, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
HANNA, John Eissey, 316645, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
IZBITSKY, Joseph, 287315, MarDet, died of wounds (mc)
JOHNS, Charles Bernard, 311386, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
PATRICK, James Leslie, 282464, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
SHINKLE, Edward Joseph, 271202, killed in action, dd August 10, 1943, (mc)
YOCKEY, Harris Burton, 327456, dd August 9, 1942, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
(circumstances not listed)

4thMar
BERNARDY, Donald Louis, 280239, CoE, 2ndBn, died (mc)



Monday, August 10, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

HARRISON, Richard Wilson, 340283, CoA, PionBn, died of wounds (mc)
MORRIS, George Knox, 336457, SplWpnsSep, 3rdDefBn, killed in action (mc)
NALL, Russell Emmerson, 9169, SplWpnsCo, 3rdDefBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv
CLARKE, Jack, 359091, CoC, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)
JOHNSON, George Alfred, 368979, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
MARTINO, Joseph Thomas, 351182, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)
CHURCH, Thomas Edward, 354597, 1stMarRdrBn, died of wounds (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
OLIPHANT, Gomer Franklin, 322933, CoB, 1stBn, died of wounds (mc)
OLMSTEAD, Joseph Harold, 328796, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)



Tuesday, August, 11, 1942
NEW HEBRIDES: Marine Observation Squadron 251 was installed at Espiritu Santo with 16 F4F-3's long-range photographic planes



Wednesday, August, 12, 1942
PACIFIC: Admiral Ghormley, ComSoPac, ordered Task Force 63 to employ all available transport shipping to carry supplies, ammunition and ground crews to Guadalcanal

GUADALCANAL: Lieutenant Colonel Frank Goettge, 1st Marine Division intelligence officer, led a 25-man reconnaissance patrol along the west bank of the Matanikau; only three men escaped ambush by the Japanese  

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
WINDISCH, Nicholas Rudolph, 263131, BtryI, 3rdBn, accidental death (mc)

COLONEL GOETTGE PATROL, GUADALCANAL

The 25-man patrol, included officers, scouts, infantrymen and a naval surgeon. Twenty two were killed

1stMarDiv
BAINBRIDGE,William, Cpl, 270005, G-2, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (ci/mc)
BENSON, Herbert Emanuel, Cpl, 271950, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
CALTRIDER, Denzil Ray, PltSge, 250032, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
CORY, Ralph, 1stLt, 10866, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
CUSTER, Steven Alexander, 1stSgt, 177949, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
DELANO, John Lehnemann, Pfc, 332099, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
GAUNTT, Daniel Lloyd, Pvt, 369076, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
GELZER, Aaron Leslie, Cpl, 292230, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
GOETTGE, Frank Bryan, Col, O-000333, G-2, 1st MarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (ci/mc)
KASHUBA, Joseph Francis, Jr, Cpl, 291708, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
KELLY, Jack Bernard, Pvt, 361752, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
KOWAL, Henry Louis, Cpl, 286460, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
LOVELACE, Robert Woodrow, Pvt, 364099, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
LYONS, Jack Francis, Cpl, 296022, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
LYONS, Robert Richard, Cpl, 284474, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
RAHT, Theodore Eckhart, Jr, Cpl, 334714, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
RINGER, Wilfred Harvey, Jr, Capt, 6084, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
SERDULA, Stephen, Cpl, 292498, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
STANFILL, Robert James, Sgt, 266232, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
STAUFFER, David Alvin, Jr, Sgt, 299121, H&SCo, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
WALTER, Blaine Gillespie, Jr, Pfc, 368951, DivHqCo, 1stMarDiv, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (mc)
and
PRATT, Malcolm, LtCdr, USN, Regt Surgeon, killed in action, dd August 14, 1943 (ci)


PARSONS, George Cecil, 324808, Hq&SerCo, Midway Is, died (mc)
STUVE, Fred L, Jr, 398807, CoD, 2ndTkBn, 2ndMarDiv, San Diego, Calif, died (mc)
   


Thursday, August, 13, 1942

USMC: Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Barbara, California, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Livingston B. Stedman, Jr., was organized

SOLOMON ISLANDS

DAY, Calvin Coolidge, 315866, CoA, 1stMT, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
CHIVINGTON, Herbert Leo, Jr, 253499, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
ROSALIK, Raymond Alphonse, 353798, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 10thMar
KOKOTOVICH, Nicholas Mark, 341998, BtryI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)


PETZOLD, Raymond Elsworth, 10911, VMSB142, MAG14, 1stMAW, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)
SAMULAK, John David, 300054, VMSB142, MAG12, 2ndMAW, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)

WILLIAMS, Thomas Pearl, 420321, 1stRecrtBn, RectDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif, died (mc)



Friday, August 14, 1942
SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
MARTIN, Sheridan, 296775, BtryG, 3rdBn, accidental death (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
(circumstances not listed)

4thMar
HUMBARGAR, Richard Thomas, 286925, CoI, 3rdBn, died (mc)


GROSS, Fred Eugene Percefull, 9635, HqSqn, 2ndMAW, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)
Saturday, August, 15, 1942
USMC: Air, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, was organized at San Diego as Marine Aircraft Wings, Pacific, and was made responsible for the organization, administration, and distribution of personnel and supplies of the 1st and 2d Marine Aircraft Wings and the 4th Marine Base Defense Battalion    

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
CARLSON, John Anthony, 349405, CoB, 1stBn, died of wounds (mc)


CHIAPPISI, Donald Alviro, 378482, BtryC, 1stSepPkHowBnReinf, Chelsea, Mass, accidental death (mc)
KINNICK, Walter, 355773, 2ndGdCo, MarBks, NYD, Mare Island, Calif, accidental death (mc)



Sunday, August 16, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
MORAN, Francis John, 354956, CoL, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)


BERGE, Rolf Nathan, 7495, MCRAU, NRAB, Chicago, (Glenview), Ill, accidental death (mc)
LEONARD, Lonnie Harmon, 188569, H&SCo, 23rdMarReinf, TrngCenter, MarBks, New River, NC, accidental death (mc)
SOMERS, Thomas Hewitt, 238425, MCRAU, NRAB, NYD, Philadelphia, Pa, accidental death (mc)



Sunday, August, 16-19, 1942
GUADALCANAL: Company L, 5th Marines, crossed the Matanikau River and attacked the village of that name, while Company I made a successful amphibious raid farther west at Kokumbona to cut off any retreating Japanese    



Monday, August, 17-18, 1942
GILBERT ISLANDS: About 200 Marines from Companies A and B of the 2d Raider Battalion were landed on Makin Atoll; they were partially successful in attempts to destroy Japanese installations, gather intelligence data, and divert attention from the action on Guadalcanal

MAKIN ISLAND RAID

2ndMarRdrBn
ALLARD, Robert V, Sgt, USMCR, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
BEECHER, James W, Cpl, USMC, from Baxley, Ga, CoB, 2ndRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17 1942, killed in combat (fg)
CASTLE, Vernon Leroy, FM1c, 307868, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
COOK, Dallas H, Sgt, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
DAVIS, Richard E, Pfc, USMC, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
EARLES, I B, Cpl, 293609, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
GALLAGHER, William Albert, Pfc, 307593, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
GASTON, Daniel Albert, Cpl, 340727, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
GIFFORD, Joseph, Cpl, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
HICKS, Ashley Warren, Pfc, 345385, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
HOLTOM, Gerald Price, Capt, 7549, HqCo, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
JOHNSON, Harris Jonathan, Cpl, 334067, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
KERNS, John I, Pvt, USMCR, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
KUNKLE, Kenneth Kirk, Cpl, 268716, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
LARSON, Carlyle O, Pvt, from Glenwood, Minn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, buried Arlington National Cemetery, August 17, 2001 (an)
MACIEJEWSKI, Edward, Cpl, 299149, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
MATTISON, Alden O, Pvt, USMCR, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
MAULDING, Robert Benton, Pvt, 337436, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
MONTGOMERY, Kenneth Maurice, Pfc, 305326, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
MORTENSEN, Norman Warren, Pfc, 326651, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, PK, killed in action (mc)
NODLAND, Franklin Merrill, Pvt, 333878, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
OLBERT, Richard N, Pfc, USMCR, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
PALLESEN, William E, Pfc, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln)
PEARSON, Robert Brooks, 275291, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
ROBERTSON, Donald R, Pvt, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (posting in ln), ROBERTON (bm/mc)
SELBY, Charles Austin, Pvt, 326661, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, PacFleet, killed in action (mc)
THOMASON, Clyde, Sgt, 246433, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc), Medal of Honor recipient (nhn)
VANDENBERG, John Eugene, Pfc, 335768, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, Pacific Fleet, killed in action (mc)
YARBROUGH, Mason Opel, Cpl, 309064, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, AmphForce, killed in action (mc)

Note on Casualties: The above entries total 29, including nine who were taken prisoner and later executed - see also October 1942. From the various sources, 18 men were originally listed as killed in action and 12 as missing - a total of 30. The missing man has not been identified.



Monday, August, 17, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
BIELANSKI, John Ignatius, 280240, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)



Tuesday, August, 18, 1942
GUADALCANAL: The 2d Battalion, 26th Japanese Infantry (rein), landed at Taivu Point while 500 men of the Yokosuka. Fifth Special Naval Landing Force arrived at Kokumbona; this was the first of many runs by Japanese destroyers and cruisers shuttling supplies and reinforcements to the island

Henderson Field, named after Major Lofton Henderson, was completed   
 
SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
CHMELA, Miroslav, 369018, CoD, EngrBn, killed in action (mc)


LAVATA'I, Utuone, 327719, HqCo, 1stSamoanBn, 2ndMarBrigReinf, Samoan Is, accidental death (mc)



Wednesday, August 19, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
BUCKHALT, John Carmen, 347312, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
GARDNER, Jack Henry, 340487, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
GRAZIER, George Howard, 368895, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
BRANIC, John Harold, 250921, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MEAD, Jr, George Houk, 8824, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MIGLIN, Charles Walter, 293703, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
(circumstances not listed)

4thMar
BUCKLEY, Willis Oregon, 264327, HqCo, died (mc)
HOLLAND, Clayton Louis, Jr, 290553, CoM, 3rdBn, died (mc)


LAWSON, Peter Roy, 1526, HqSqn, MAG23, 2ndMAW, Midway Is, accidental death (mc)



Thursday, August, 20, 1942
GUADALCANAL: The forward echelon of Marine Aircraft Group 23 (19 F4F's of VMF-223 and 12 SBD-3's of VMSB-232) arrived on Henderson Field    

SOLOMON ISLANDS

HART, Donald Larry, 346680, CoG, 2ndBn, 2ndMarReinf, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
CHITWOOD, James Hugh, 293534, HqCo, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)



Friday, August, 21, 1942
GUADALCANAL: The Battle of the Tenaru (Ilu) River. Elements of the 2d Battalion, 28th Japanese Infantry (rein.), launched attacks against Marine positions at the mouth of the Ilu River. The 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, crossed the river and enveloped the Japanese force while a tank attack successfully concluded the action. This was the first important ground combat on the island  The 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, from Tulagi arrived to reinforce the defense perimeter     

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
ATWOOD, Arthur James, 348734, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
BARNES, Roy Lee, 345110, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
BLAIR, Freeman Bright, 341404, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
BUTTERWECK, Russel Melvin, 329060, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
CARVALIS, Leo John, Jr, 349127, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
DAVIDSON, Donald Joseph, 333285, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
EDLIN, James Propes, 347239, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
FARR, Knight Woodson, 271722, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
FASO, Joseph James, 245412, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GIBBS, George Raymond, 354057, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GILDEA, John, 351301, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GRABARCZYK, Andrew Francis, 372206, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GREEN, John Claude, Jr, 354595, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
HOLCOMBE, Richard Howard, 293233, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
JONES, Bennie Conrad, 337796, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
KARP, Charles Casimer, 281410, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
LYNCH, Thomas Patrick, Jr, 357050, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MCCARTHY, Bernard Joseph, 369565, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MCHALE, John Joseph William, 348842, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
RIVERS, John, 350956, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
ROBERTS, Raymond Francis, 351330, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SANDERS, Verbon Crowley, 344315, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SMITH, James Howard, 345102, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
STERLING, Barney, 300443, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
STITT, Richard Alva, 343626, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
TEFERTILLER, George Edward, 375303, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
PERINE, Jr, Irving Van Gilder, 6073, HqCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
PHILLIPS, Jesse Leroy, 343647, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
WOLVINGTON, William Henry, 300447, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
WOODWARD, Carlton, 351284, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
ROGERS, Vincent Paul, 354729, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
BRAITMEYER, Nelson, 248057, SplWpnsCo, killed in action (mc)
SWEENEY, Patrick Joseph, 341428, SplWpnsBtry, killed in action (mc)



Saturday, August, 22, 1942
USMC: The 4th Marine Aircraft Wing was commissioned at Ewa, Hawaii, as the 4th Marine Base Defense Air Wing and charged with providing air defense for bases, search and patrol, air-sea rescue, and shipping escorts in the Hawaiian area

GUADALCANAL: The first Army Air Force aircraft, five P-400's of the 67th Fighter Squadron, landed on Henderson Field     

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
RYAN, Francis Daniel, 331943, CoH, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)


DAVIS, Arthur Balfour, 13299, Unassigned, 1stMAW, died (mc)



Sunday, August 23, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
BEER, Leonard Thomas, Jr, 353563, CoH, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)
FINDLEY, Harry Quinby, 6691, WpnsCo, died of wounds (mc)



Monday, August, 24, 1942
USMC: The U.S. Army assumed command of the Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet, from the Marine Corps. The Marine commander Major General Holland M. Smith and his staff were reorganized as the Amphibious Training Staff, Fleet Marine Force, with headquarters at Quantico

WENNER, Walter Theodore, 298122, VMO151, MAG13, 1stMAW, Samoan Is, died (mc)



Tuesday, August, 25, 1942
SOLOMONS: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Planes from Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron 232 at Henderson Field assisted in an attack on a Japanese task force carrying Guadalcanal reinforcements. A Japanese destroyer and transport were sunk, and many men of the Special Naval Landing Force were killed

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
ADAMS, Arthur Wayne, 342278, H&S, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
CHRISTENSEN, Chester Leon, 361444, H&SCo, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
SZAFRANSKI, Russell, 324592, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
VARGO, Edward, 328449, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
WEISENBARGER, George Armistice, 298011, BtryF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)



Wednesday, August 26, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

FARRIS, John Prole, 307269, BtryE, 3rdDefBn, 1stMarDiv?, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
COOMER, Amos Noel, 344028, CoG, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
HEALY, David Patrick, 337157, BtryC, 1stSplWpnsBn, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
(circumstances not listed)

4thMar
SCOTT, Donald Francis, 274252, CoH, 2ndBn, died (mc)



Thursday, August, 27, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
DISMUKES, Alvin Mcqueen, 197372, CoB, 1stMarRdrBn, accidental death (mc)
FETCHKO, Bernard, 372116, CoB, 1stBn, died of wounds (mc)
MANGHELLI, Maurice Lib, 294107, CoL, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
PHILLIPS, Thomas Walter, 351264, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
BEYER, Alfred Kenneth, 376342, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
BUDD, Robert Joseph, 340467, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)


STALEY, Leonard Carson, 320861, VMSB241, MAG22, 2ndMAW, Midway Is, died (mc)



Friday, August, 28, 1942

SAMOA: The 1st and 2d Battalions, 7th Marines (rein), sailed from Pago Pago, Tutuila on board the President Adams and President Hayes   

BUCHER, Carrol Wilson, 275143, CoA, MD, Peiping, China, accidental death (mc)
SAUNDERS, Jr, William Dabney, 4127, MAD, NAS, Anacostia, DC, accidental death (mc)



Saturday, August 29, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
CASEY, James Patrick, 262086, H&SBtry, 1stMarDiv?, believe August 29, 1942, killed in action (mc)
GUSTAFSON, Lowell Clinton, 331543, H&SBtry, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
STRANDWITZ, John Trumpy, 10994, H&SBtry, SplWpnsBn, killed in action (mc)
ZAGURY, Mortimer Selwyn, 292273, H&SBtry, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)



Sunday, August, 30, 1942
GUADALCANAL: The rear echelon of Marine Aircraft Group 23 (VMF-221 and-231) arrived on Henderson Field    

MORRILL, James Frederick, 271074, BtryB, 2ndPkHowBn, 3rdMarBrig, Samoan Is, killed (mc)



Sunday, August, 30-31, 1942
GUADALCANAL: More than 6,000 Japanese troops of the Kawaguchi Force landed in the Tasimboko area west of Lunga Point near Kokumbona in an attempt to strike at the Marine perimeter  



Monday, August, 31, 1942
GUADALCANAL: The 1st Raider Battalion and the 1st Parachute Battalion arrived from Tulagi to reinforce the defense perimeter    

MILLAR, Horace Patterson, 403182, 1stGdCo, MarBks, NOB, Newport, Rhode Island, died (mc)

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