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Casualty Info
Home Town Petcher
Last Address Petcher
Casualty Date Jul 07, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign (1944)
10th Marines was originally formed in Quantico, Virginia on 25 April 1914 as an artillery battalion under the 1st Marine Brigade. As a battalion, the unit took part in conflicts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic from August 1915 to May 1917. The battalion was expanded throughout mid-1917 and finally, on 15 January 1917 the unit was re-designated as the 10th Marine Regiment of Field Artillery.
Between World War I and II, the Regiment filled many different roles, including building their Barracks and various other construction around the base, and guarding the mail. It even participated in annual reenactments of Civil War battles. During this same time, the regiment was deployed to China and to Iceland just prior to American involvement in World War II.
During the War the Regiment was involved in the assault on Guadalcanal and later took part in the bloody battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa
After the end of World War II the 10th Marines found themselves at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, which would be their home until present day. As the Korean War started the 10th Marines were working with a skeleton crew, but five month's later they were fully mobilized and back up to wartime strength and ready to fight. Again, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, they were mobilized to participate in the blockade of Cuba.
