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Part 2 - BY DATE, OCTOBER 1942, Battle for Guadalcanal, Battles of Cape Esperance and Santa Cruz, Death of Makin Raid POW
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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.


  
OCTOBER 1942


Thursday, October, 1, 1942

USMC: The Amphibious Training Staff, Fleet Marine Force, recently moved from Quantico to San Diego, was disbanded and its personnel assigned to Headquarters, Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet. Major General Holland M. Smith relieved Major General Clayton B. Vogel as commander of the Amphibious Corps and as the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, San Diego area

The I Marine Amphibious Corps was commissioned at San Diego with Major General Clayton B. Vogel commanding     

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SPROTT, James Leroy, 287388, SplWpnsGrp, 5thDefBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv
CROSBY, George Edmund, 278245, 1stSigCo, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
ANDERSEN, Walter Pat, 273370, CoM, 3rdBn, died (mc)



Friday, October, 2, 1942

ELLICE ISLANDS: The 5th Defense Battalion occupied Funafuti  

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
DEAN, Kenneth John, 301882, CoG, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMF223
KENDRICK, Charles, 10241, VMF223, MAG23, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc)


HEWITT, Gilbert Edward, 462029, 4thRecrtBn, RecrtDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif, died (mc)



Saturday, October 3, 1942

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
MACDONALD, Sherman Price, 222750, CoF, 2ndBn, died (mc)



Sunday, October, 4, 1942

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: The Headquarters Squadron, Marine Aircraft Wing, Pacific, arrived at Ewa

CUBA: The 9th Defense Battalion departed from Guantanamo Bay for Balboa, Canal Zone    

GREGORY, Harold Warren, 390103, MarBks, Fob, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, died (mc)
MANNING, James Thompson, 14319, SerGrp, MAWS, Miami, Fla, accidental death (mc)
TAYLOR, Warren Reeves, 364361, 2ndGdCo, MarBks, Quantico, Va, accidental death (mc)



Monday, October, 5, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
BUNCH, Talmadge Alonzia, 290709, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MURPHY, Jonathan Thomas, 243309, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
SHARPE, John Frederich, 347154, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
STALNAKER, Louis Lee, 356031, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
TAYLOR, Mckinley Blaine, Jr, 351458, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)


MCGUINNESS, Joseph Francis, 372097, BtryP, 4thBn, 11thMar, 1stMarDiv, Wellington, New Zealand, accidental death (mc)



Tuesday, October 6, 1942

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
KONESKY, Leon, 156800, CoE, 2ndBn, died (mc)


SLATER, Paul Milford, 368281, CoD, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, New Hebrides, died (mc)



Wednesday, October, 7-9, 1942

GUADALCANAL: In an advance to extend the perimeter, the 5th Marines engaged the Japanese at the mouth of the Matanikau River while the 7th Marines and the 3d Battalion, 2d Marines (rein), crossed the river inland and raided the Point Cruz and Matanikau village areas. The raid thwarted an attempt by the 4th Japanese Infantry to cross the Matanikau and establish artillery positions there    



Wednesday, October 7, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
CONKLIN, George Emerson, 376251, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
BURNS, Robert Euel, 334315, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
CANIPE, Hildred Maxwell, 306829, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
CIAZINSKI, Edward James, 294056, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MAUL, Francis Worchester, 358973, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MYERS, John Hendrix, Jr, 342450, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
RHODES, Luther Leru, 327928, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)



Thursday, October 8, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
GISVOLD, Orlin Harold, 357510, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
HELD, William Martin, 346311, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
BERWANGER, George Michael Joseph, 250176, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
BURAK, Walter John, 302155, H&SCo, killed in action (mc)
DE FUSCO, Bernard Joseph, 369095, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
GARRETT, Arthur Charles, 271587, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
HELLER, Paul, 349917, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
KASEL, Calvin Kenneth, 347229, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
KOLACINSKI, Raymond, 360356, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
LARSON, Everett Frederick, 351720, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MAHONEY, William Francis, 354946, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MURTHER, Alfred John, 288477, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
NEUHARDT, William Philip, 343660, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
SCHANTZ, Robert Edward, 340497, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SHUTE, David Gill, 359047, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
STUDENT, Emil Stanislaus, 352326, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WAGNER, Robert Mcgowan, 359075, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
BALLEW, Robert Herschel, 200796, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
CLARKE, Arthur Nelson, 356018, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
HANSON, Lloyd Edward, 357492, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)


DICKIE, William Russell, 94035, 1stGdCo, MarBks, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va, died (mc)



Friday, October, 9, 1942

GUADALCANAL: Marine Fighter Squadron 121, commanded by Major Leonard K. Davis, and the rear echelon of the 2d Marines, 2d Marine Division, arrived on the island  

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
KERNER, Harold Phillip, 317646, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
PANGONIS, Joseph, Jr, 296443, CoM, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)
LILLY, Schley Junior, 318442, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
BERNES, Albert Leroy, 356336, Hq&SerCo, killed in action (mc)
CUSACK, William John, 266646, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
DRAKE, Francis Ernest, Jr, 299871, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
EBERLE, Robert Otto, 286699, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GAGNON, Paul Emile, 324666, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
HATCH, Prentice Manning, Jr, 8373, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
HUNTER, Godfrey Earl, Jr, 321427, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
JENKINS, Alba William, 334325, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
JOHNS, David William, 324716, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
JOHNSTON, Eugene, 330932, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
LANGLEY, Edwin Mellor, 303438, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
LAWSON, James Monroe, Jr, 343949, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MCGETTRICK, Gerald Joseph, 373120, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MORRISSEY, Harry Clark, 293704, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MULLINS, Rollen, 280599, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
NOVAK, Leonard Thomas, 343127, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
RUST, William Alexander, 278337, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
STRICKLAND, Hugh Gilbert, 316581, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SUGGS, John Franklin, 296638, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stMarRdrBn
BOWMAN, Warren George, 295797, CoD, killed in action (mc)
CONNOLLY, Joseph Edward, 251799, CoA, killed in action (mc)
FRENCH, Neldon Theo, 294607, CoA, killed in action (mc)
HANNA, William Thomas, 351782, CoD, killed in action (mc)
HEYLIGER, George, 373123, CoD, killed in action (mc)
POPE, Bill Newland, 343383, CoC, killed in action (mc)
SMITH, Edward Leroy, Jr, 340428, CoA, killed in action (mc)
STEINAKER, Donald Baur, 305240, CoA, killed in action (mc)
THOMAS, Dennis Francis, 297233, CoA, killed in action (mc)
THOMPSON, Woodrow Regonald, 280233, CoA, killed in action (mc)
WOLF, Donald William, 278342, CoD, killed in action (mc)
ZOPHY, James August, 340419, CoA, 1stMarRdrBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
AHRENS, Edward Swift, 335654, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
BATES, George Harold, 322630, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
BUCHANAN, Frank Lee, 358669, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
DAMELOS, Demosthen Peter, 335671, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
FARLEY, James Joseph, 352969, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
HAWKINSON, Bennie Albert, 346290, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MONTEZ, Angel, 337886, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
NERI, Fred, 342117, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
PARKS, Floyd Ellwood, 8466, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
RICKER, Leland Ralph, 349708, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
STRICKLAND, John Mathew, 278540, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
VERHEYDEN, Donald Joseph, 374220, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
WAGNER, Aubrey John, 315445, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
WATKINS, Henry Raymond, 349571, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
WINOGRAD, Myron Maynard, 339697, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

3rdMarBrig, 7thMar
LOUDER, John Warren, 326167, CoG, 2ndBn, 7thMar, 3rdMarBrig, killed in action (mc)
MARTINCHAK, Andrew, 305026, CoC, 1stBn, 7thMar, 3rdMarBrig, killed in action (mc)


DOUCETTE, George Lewis, 373347, Hq&SerCo, Palmyra Island, accidental death (mc)

FROMHOLD, William Frank, Jr, 321846, VMSB141, MAG14, MAW, accidental death (mc)
GICZKOWSKI, Edward Frank, 285899, VMSB141, MAG14, MAWS, New Caledonia, accidental death (mc)
MERRINER, Harry Richard, 322123, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, accidental death (mc)

GRIFFIN, Donald Eugene, 9965, VMJ253, MAG25, 1stMAW, New Caledonia, accidental death (mc)
KIMBALL, Walter Frear, 4713, VMJ253, MAG25, 1stMAW, New Caledonia, accidental death (mc)
MOTTRAM, Charles Willard, Jr, 313403, VMJ253, MAG25, 1stMAW, New Caledonia, accidental death (mc)
TROUP, John Robert, 376994, VMJ253, MAG25, 1stMAWS, New Caledonia, killed in action (mc)
VESTAL, Charles David, 374955, VMJ253, MAG25, 1stMAW. Pacific, accidental death (mc)

WAITS, Raymond Clyde, 176894, MaintDet, Camp Pendleton, Santa Margarita Ranch, Oceanside, Calif, died (mc)



Saturday, October 10, 1942

ELVETON, Robert Oliver, 339547, CoB, 3rdRdrBn, 3rdMarBrig, Samoan Is, died (mc)



Sunday, October, 11, 1942

SOLOMONS: The Battle of Cape Esperance (11th/12th). A U.S. task force of four cruisers and five destroyers, protecting a convoy carrying reinforcements to Guadalcanal, turned back a Japanese bombardment group with its reinforcing fleet headed for an attack on the island      

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
SPARKS, Joseph Lee, 338701, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
HURLBURT, Frank Smith, 371875, CoH, 2ndBn, died of wounds (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
STAFFORD, Richard Yeater, 7262, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)



Saturday, October 12, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
GUERRETTE, Philip, 350384, HqCo, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)

BATTLE OF CAPE ESPERANCE
MarDet, USS Boise
BRISTOW, Edward Lea, Jr, 330235, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)
COHEN, Allan, 364660, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)
CUNNINGHAM, Stanley Harry, 309834, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)
PERRY, Berry, 210266, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)
PHILLIPS, Ross Wilton, 333922, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)
SIKES, Dennis Fertimous, 256460, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)
SIMS, Billy J, 329939, MarDet, USS Boise, killed in action (mc)


PETRUCKA, Paul, 12810, VMSB233, MAG21, 2ndMAW, Oahu, Hawaiian Is, accidental death (mc)



Tuesday, October, 13, 1942

GUADALCANAL: U.S. transports McCawley and Zeilen arrived at Kakum with reinforcements from the 164th Infantry, Americal Division, USA, the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and casual Marines and supplies. The 1st Marine Division reorganized the perimeter into five defensive sectors with the greatest strength concentrated on the Matanikau River where the Japanese attack was expected from the west. Two Japanese air strikes damaged Henderson Field and Fighter 1 and destroyed 5,000 gallons of aviation fuel      

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
RADCLIFFE, Robert Ralph, 344869, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
SPERANDEO, Matthew Joseph, 351608, CoK, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)
ISEMAN, Jake Daniel, Jr, 8396, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
KIST, George Joseph, 370194, BtryD, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)


MYERS, Merlin James, 370910, CoH, 2ndBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarDiv, San Diego, Calif, died (mc)



Wednesday, October, 14, 1942

GUADALCANAL: Japanese night bombers struck Henderson Field damaging 42 of the 90 operable planes and causing heavy casualties; air operations were moved to Fighter 1.

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
FRESE, Paul Herman, Jr, 350667, CoB, 1stTkBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
BAKER, Richard Edward, 260452, Hq&SerCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
HENDERSON, Robert Adams, 348725, H&SCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
TERWILLIGER, George Wendell, 329425, HqSqn, MAG23, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
RICHARDS, Richard Peter, 8488, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
BECKETT, Mervin Earl, 327025, BtryP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
BILLINGS, James Aubry, 342617, CoP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
BURKE, Robert Dennis, 356309, BtryP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
EVANS, Carey Arnett, 334477, CoP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
GILLESPIE, John Benjamin, III, 7377, BtryP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
HEIDRICH, Albert John, Jr, 358112, CoP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
NELSON, Edward Conway, 334430, CoP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
OLOFSSON, Jr, Knute Harold, 348819, CoP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
POSEY, Robert Addison, 322356, CoF, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
RAYMOND, Harold David, 263127, CoN, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
RENCSOK, William, 292876, CoP, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)
SINGLETON, Richard Valiant, 333242, H&SCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

3rdDefBn
ALLANDE, Armand Alfonso, 340551, 3rdAAGrp, 3rdDefBn, killed in action (mc)
BELFI, John, 274302, 3rdAAGrp, 3rdDefBn, killed in action (mc)
ROBERTS, Myron Wallace, 381087, MGGrp, 3rdDefBn, killed in action (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, HqSqn, VMF 224, VMSB141
ABBOTT, Robert Asa, 5832, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
BELL, Gordon Arnold, 5179, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
BERMES, George Wilbert, 336453, VMF224, MAG23, killed in action (mc)
BLUM, Lawrence Elmer, 336669, VMF224, MAG23, killed in action (mc)
BRADLEY, Jack, 260866, HqSqn1, MAG23, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc)
BRUML, Jesse Earl, Jr, 313990, HqSqn, 23rdMAG, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc)
CHANEY, Henry Francis, Jr, 10300, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
HALEY, George Lafayette, 13301, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
HEAP, Rex Murrell, 6050, H&SSqn14, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
MILLER, Edward Francis, 5471, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
SNEE, Martin Francis, Jr, 344756, VMF224, MAG23, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc)
WINTERLING, Frank Eugene, 329560, HqSqn, MAG23, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc)


ANDERSON, Gayle Levine, 11209, HqSqn, 2ndMAW, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)
BUTLER, James Martell, 9922, HqSqn, 2ndMAW, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)

THOMASON, Hulon Leon, 326933, CasCo, Dept of Pacific, San Francisco, Calif, accidental death (mc)



Thursday, October, 15, 1942

GUADALCANAL: SBD's of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, supported by planes from Espiritu Santo, attacked the Japanese force unloading troops and supplies at Tassafaronga. About 3,000-4,000 men of the 230th and 16th Infantry Regiments as well as 80% of the ships' cargo were taken ashore before the Japanese were forced to flee up Sealark Channel; these troops, the last the Japanese were able to land before their concentrated attack on Henderson Field, brought the Japanese strength on the island to about 20,000 men

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
FARANDA, Frank Francis, 369605, CoA, 1stBn, died of wounds (mc)
PARKER, Norman Sanborn, 354791, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
NORTHERN, Charles Willoughby, 333755, CoI, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, HqSqn, VMSB141 and 231
ALSTON, William Robert, 319485, VMSB231, MAG23, killed in action (mc)
BAYLIFF, Delbert, 327404, VMSB231?, MAG23, killed in action (mc)
KERR, Paul Horace, 284603, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
TURTORA, Anthony Joseph, 7481, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
WILSON, Warren, 322655, HqSqn, MAG23, 2ndMAW, killed in action (mc)


KINGSBURY, Lawrence Walter Paul, 14292, Unassigned, MarCorpsBase, San Diego, Calif, accidental death (mc)



Friday, October, 16, 1942

GUADALCANAL: Marine Aircraft Group 14 relieved Marine Aircraft Group 23 as the administrative and maintenance agency at Henderson Field. Its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Albert D. Cooley, was named to head an Air Search and Attack Command organized to control all bombing reconnaissance and rescue operations on the island

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
MEREDITH, Howard Lamar, 359140, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
ROKUS, Joseph, 351000, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
TOMPKINS, Robert Walter, 300444, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
BERRY, Paul Van Wyman, 357265, Hq&SerCo, killed in action (mc)
CROWELL, Dale Dwight, 375089, Hq&SerCo, killed in action (mc)
LINKE, Paul Alfred, Jr, 280525, Hq&SerCo, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
HYNES, John Joseph, 357184, H&SBtry, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
KIMMEL, John Leonard, 285308, H&SBtry, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
PRICE, Hobert Taylor, 295193, H&SCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
SCHNEIDER, Kenneth Clyde, 330767, H&SCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
SEIDEN, Bernard, 344928, H&SBtry, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
WHITLEY, Lytle Esker, Jr, 313025, H&SCo, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
WISE, Horace Mathias, 282229, Hq&SerBtry, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMF224
ALTMAN, Arthur, 269278, VMF224, MAG23, killed in action (mc)

MAKIN ISLAND RAID PRISONERS

2ndMarRdrBn
ALLARD, Robert V, Sgt, USMCR, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
COOK, Dallas H, Sgt, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
DAVIS, Richard E, PFC, USMC, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
GIFFORD, Joseph, Cpl, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
KERNS, John I, Pvt, USMCR, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
MATTISON, Alden O, Pvt, USMCR, CoA, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
OLBERT, Richard N, PFC, USMCR, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
PALLESEN, William E, PFC, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)
ROBERTSON, Donald R, Pvt, USMC, CoB, 2ndMarRdrBn, Makin Island raid, August 17, 1942, captured, executed October 16, 1942 (ln)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
MASON, John Brown Austin, 281363, CoL, 3rdBn, Corregidor, died (mc)


WILLIAMS, Hollis Jones, 363543, CoE, 2ndMarRdrBn, New Hebrides, accidental death (mc)



Saturday, October 17, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
DUBOSE, Jefferson Griel, 282792, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
AASVIK, Invard Throvald, 304819, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMF 223
LAYMON, Newell Hugh, 277318, VMF223, MAG23, 2ndMAW, died of wounds (mc)



Sunday, October, 18, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
COOPER, Doy Donald, 324715, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
HUBER, Robert Eugene, 368901, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
KRYNAK, John, 331496, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
LANGOWSKI, Benedict Arnold, 286472, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
PORTER, Joseph Robbins, 354239, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
SEIFF, Murray, 355496, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
VOSEFSKI, Edmund Andrew, 350809, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMF121
ANDREWS, Edward Pierce, 9932, VMF121, MAG12, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)


LOPES, Manuel Joseph, 408981, 10thRecrtBn, MarBks, New River, NC, died (mc)
PEARCY, Robert Leland, 328549, Btrya, 1stBn, 10thMar, 2ndMarBrig, Reinf, Samoan Is, accidental death (mc)



Monday, October 19, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMF121
LYNCH, Floyd Allen, 10216, VMF121, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)



Tuesday, October, 20, 1942

GUADALCANAL: A Japanese combat patrol augmented by two tanks appeared on the west bank of the Matanikau River but was turned back by fire from the 3d Battalion, 1st Marines  

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
STYER, George Allen, 333311, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
SHAFFNER, Orris Wilbur, 287092, CoB, 1stSerBn, killed in action (mc)


CALLAHAN, James William, 317027, MarDet, NAD, Dover, NJ, accidental death (mc)



Wednesday, October, 21, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
SHUMAKER, Nathan Vernon, 286410, CoB, 1stEngrBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
HERDMAN, Matthew Emmett, Jr, 330139, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MACLEAN, Nathan Black, 345483, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MACOSKI, William, 266447, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
ROBINSON, Claude Melvin, 283243, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WHITE, Richard Garrigus, 335598, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WOOD, Charles Barton, 340763, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
GRAY, Donald Bernard, 293388, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
ROGER, Paul Denis, 335668, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WRIGHT, Alanson Burns, 335150, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
MAXSON, Richard Bruce, 267409, CoI, 3rdBn, died (mc)
RICE, Lenard Barben, 229926, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)


LOVERIX, Campbell, 276265, POW&MPDet, HQUSMC, Washington DC, POW-died (mc)



Thursday, October 22, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
BLEWSTER, Warren Davis, 344380, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
COLLINS, John Paul, 291375, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
FOREMAN, Earl William, 356806, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
GILSON, Edwin Howard, 8831, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
MORPHET, John Thomas, 360318, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
DEHART, Clifford Kenneth, 307496, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
LENVIK, Richard Worthing, 346179, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
LAWRENCE, George Julius, 298975, CoI, 3rdBn, died (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
CAPUTO, Samuel, 280822, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
HAISLIP, William Freeman, 297430, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
JOSEPH, Jacob, 6728, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
LOVELAND, Frederick Jr, 292248, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
RATZOW, Richard Louis, 293131, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
WOOD, Jack Shoush, 346867, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
SAILORS, Edward Howard, 331393, H&SCo, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
HALFHILL, Garth Vernon, 345959, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMSB141 and 142
FOGERTY, John Francis, 9135, VMSB142, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)
KNIFFEL, Leonard John, 292298, VMSB141, MAG14, FMAW, killed in action (mc)



Friday, October, 23, 1942

GUADALCANAL: Japanese mortar and artillery fire was intensified along the Marine east bank positions of the Matanikau River. A Japanese tank and infantry assault across the river was repelled     

SOLOMON ISLANDS
1stMarDiv, 1stMar
BARTLETT, Raymond Floyd, 333870, Hq&SerCo, killed in action (mc)
GILL, Thomas Anthony, 351617, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
SANGUEDOLCE, Silvio, 275762, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
SULLIVAN, Francis Patrick, 348852, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
MATTIE, Sylvester Francis, 292484, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MCFARLAND, Harold Edward, 299890, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
PARANA, Stephen Jerome, 358987, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
THOMPSON, Edgar Dean, 361938, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
TOLES, Russell Hobart, 311042, CoL, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
BUNTLEY, George Lee, 291635, CoM, 3rdBn, died of wounds (mc)
MAHONEY, Michael Mcginnis, 4493, SplWpnsBn, killed in action (mc)
SZEMAN, Stephen Edward, 299841, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMF121
BRUNO, Joseph Samuel, 355541, VMF121, MAG14, 1stMAW, died of wounds (mc)



Friday, October, 23-25, 1942

PACIFIC: At a conference in Noumea, Admiral Halsey, ComSoPac, promised Major General A. A. Vandegrift, commanding forces on Guadalcanal, more support for the Guadalcanal operation



Saturday, October 24, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
PETRACO, Edgar, 343740, CoC, 1stBn, 7thMar died (mc)
SMITH, Sheridan John, 300169, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

4thMar
LAZAREK, George, 281198, CoM, 3rdBn, died (mc)



Saturday, October, 24-25, 1942

GUADALCANAL: The Japanese launched an assault against the south flank of the defense perimeter; the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (supported by fire of the 2d Battalion, 164th Infantry, USA, and reinforced by the 3d Battalion, 164th Infantry, USA), repelled repeated attacks  



Sunday, October 25, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
DURKO, Paul Charles, 295348, CoA, 1stTkBn, killed in action (mc)
LATREMOUILLE, George Lucien, 337169, BtryC, SplWpnsBn, killed in action (mc)
MOORE, Richard Austin, 3.09846, CoA, 1stTkBn, killed in action (mc)
ROBICHAUD, Joseph William, 337166, BtryC, SplWpnsBn, killed in action (mc)
ROBINSON, Jack Glem, 322787, 1stSigCo, HqBn, killed in action (mc)
BRANDON, Thomas Jefferson, 265130, CoA, 1stTkBn, DivSupTrps, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 2ndMar
KINCAID, Roscoe, 339028, CoA, 1stSerBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
GRDANC, Albert Anthony, 352277, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
ABLES, Clarence Ervin, 270624, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
AGEE, William Lawrence, 234135, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
ANDREWS, Charles Alden, 323627, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
BARBAGELATA, Peter Michael, 343162, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
BENSON, David Robert, 290905, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
BOULANGER, Albert Joseph, 294495, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
BRADY, Terrance Joseph, 351633, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
COOPER, Victor Ignatius, 335523, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
DRAKE, Julius Thomas, 292428, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
DWYER, Garrett Paul, 308214, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
EDWARDS, Barclie Sherman, 369149, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GROVES, Clayton Dexter, 348890, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
HOGARTY, George William, 336414, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
JACKSON, Lewis Earl, 342572, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
JOHNSON, James Peyton, 325034, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
KILLION, Jerry Woodrow, 287203, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
LONG, William F, 334308, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MAROTTA, Patrick Lawrence, 279999, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MCCLANAHAN, Marvin Rudolph, 307502, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
MORRIS, Jack, 356027, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MOSER, Eugene Francis, 311339, H&SCo, killed in action (mc)
NADEAU, Brandon Andrew, 293706, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
NITCHE, James Joseph, 354188, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
OLIVER, Carl Francis, 323369, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
PANARISI, Frank Joseph, 326403, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
PANDOLFI, Baigio O, 323597, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
PAYNE, Calvin Royal, 318708, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
PERKINS, Kenneth Franklin, 344299, CoD, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
ROWLETT, Stanley Curtis, 291684, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
THOMPSON, Lester Owen, 196363, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
TRAW, London Lewis, 198224, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
YANUCH, Alphonse Francis, 394443, CoE, 2ndBn, 7thMar, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 11thMar
PRANZO, Dominick, 325163, CoN, 5thBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 2ndMar
BOEHLKE, Norman Ervin, 346643, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
RUSSELL, Robert Lornine, 316016, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
TRIMBORN, Luverne Herman, 374949, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

2ndMarDiv, 10thMar
DARLING, Lavern David, 346502, BtryI, 3rdBn, 10thMar, killed in action (mc)
MCCARTNEY, George Allen, 349766, CoI, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)



Sunday, October, 25-26, 1942
GUADALCANAL: Japanese destroyers harassed U.S. shipping in Sealark Channel and beach positions of the 3d Defense Battalion at the same time that Japanese bombers attacked Henderson Field. An assault against the south flank of the Lunga Perimeter defended by the 1st Battalion of the 164th Infantry, USA (rein) was repulsed. A second Japanese attack, south of Hill 67 in the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines' zone penetrated the Marine line but was later driven off by elements of the 2d Battalion joined by a company of the 5th Marines.



Monday, October, 26, 1942
SOLOMONS: The Battle of Santa Cruz. The USS Enterprise and Hornet carrier groups moved into Sealark Channel and met a Japanese naval force in an air-air and air-surface battle; the Japanese force withdrew after hearing of its army's failure on the island. The USS carrier Hornet was fatally damaged     

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
ROACH, James William, 292354, CoB, 1stEngrBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
ROBERTS, Willard Wroath, 372263, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
SNODGRASS, James Augustus, 324679, CoK, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
BACKUS, Lawrence Edward, 347134, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)
BOOHER, John Herbert, 339346, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
CHAMBERS, Roy Leonard, 323950, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
CUMMINGS, Boyd Taylor, 359819, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GEORDT, George Wilson, 305533, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
GOODWIN, Paul Addis, 305435, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
GRETZSCHEL, William Earl, 366074, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
HOWLAND, Bernard Joseph, 349314, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
KESSEL, Benard, 305226, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
LEIPHART, Samuel Wesley, 368914, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
LOCH, Charles Henry, Jr, 359019, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MANDELL, Frank, 6153, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MCARDELL, William Henry, 305100, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
MIHALINA, Andrew, 3653778, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
PAWLOWSKI, Joseph Alexander, 371831, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
PICARD, Arthur Joseph, 319924, CoC, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
RIEMENSCHNEIDER, George Spencer, 230517, CoG, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SCOTT, Sam Hoey, 342386, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SHINKO, Rudolph Emil, 326440, CoB, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)
SMITH, Ralph Emerson, 295750, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
STAPP, Hugh Shannon, 363126, CoF, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
SYKES, Richard Sam, 329585, CoE, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)
VARDEN, Leighton Carpenter, 294766, CoG, 2ndBn, 7thMar, killed in action (mc)
WEYANDT, Jacob Elwood, 268448, CoD, 1stBn, died of wounds (mc)

Marine Corps Aircrew, VMSB141
BAUMET, William Jr, 10218, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, accidental death (mc)
O'CONNOR, Edward James, 326659, VMSB141, MAG14, 1stMAW, killed in action (mc)

BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ

MarDet, Hornet CV-8
DEWEY, Russell Lewis, 313544, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
DICKERSON, Robert Eugene, 324554, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
DOOREN, Robert, 314350, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
DUNNIGAN, Edward Paul, 250059, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
ELDRIDGE, Dalmos Eugune, 313600, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
GARVEY, Stephen Anthony, 370976, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
LOCKWOOD, Richard Jack, 313520, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
MAX, William Alexander, 288749, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
MOORE, Delbert James, 367712, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
RECTOR, Earl Howard, 288653, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
STEINBRECHER, John Michael, Jr, 300342, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)
THOMAS, Christy Lohman, 325563, MarDet, USS Hornet, killed in action (mc)

Note: USNM lists BENSON, David, Pfc, PAWLOWSKI, Joseph, Pfc, and SMITH, Ralph, Pvt as MarDet, Hornet. The USMC Casualty Cards identify them as members of 7thMar lost at this time.


YOUNG, Archibald, 1093, VetsAdminHosp, Bay Pines, Fla, died (mc)



Tuesday, October 27, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 5thMar
LOVETT, Benjamin Harvey, 318201, HqCo, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
BENNER, Stanley Graves, 12, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)

BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ

MarDet, Hornet CV-8
DONOVAN, Lawrence William, 310051, MarDet, USS Hornet, died of wounds (mc)
SQUILLANTE, Carmen, 314404, MarDet, USS Hornet, died of wounds (mc)



Wednesday, October 28, 1942
SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
CASHMAN, Daniel Richard, 373082, CoH, 2ndBn, killed in action (mc)

BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ

MarDet, Hornet CV-8
DANIEL, Hugh Spencer, 313612, MarDet, USS Hornet, died of wounds (mc)


HERRICK, Thomas William, 287311, 90mmGrp, 5thDefBn, Ellice Is, died (mc)



Thursday, October 29, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv, 7thMar
COME, William Emery, 348730, CoA, 1stBn, died (mc)
POTTER, John Raymond, 320957, CoA, 1stBn, killed in action (mc)



Saturday, October 31-November 1, 1942
GUADALCANAL: Parts of Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron 132 and Marine Fighter Squadron 211 arrived at Henderson Field     
 


Saturday, October 31, 1942

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1stMarDiv
BARRY, Edward Joseph, 297832, CoA, 1stPionBn, killed in action (mc)
NORMAN, George Henry, 317920, HqCo, 1stPionBn, died (mc)

1stMarDiv, 1stMar
TAYLOR, Harold Kirby, 8921, CoM, 3rdBn, killed in action (mc)


MORRIS, Marvin Douglas, 279934, POW&MPDet, HQUSMC, Washington DC, died (mc)




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