DOB/DOD: May 9, 1922 (New Haven, CT) – March 15, 1945; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 181 St. John Street, New HavenENLISTMENT: June 24, 1943, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 861649UNIT: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0504, 0636, and 0746 Browning Automatic Rifleman (BAR) gunner FAMILY: Born to DeamondoContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOSEPH WILLIAM LENZI; MARINE CORPS”
Category Archives: Battle of Iwo Jima
SERGEANT ENRICO “HARRY” LATORRACA, JR.; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: July 28, 1919 (New Haven, CT) – March 1, 1945; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 97 Woolsey Street, New HavenENLISTMENT: March 18, 1942, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 359480UNIT: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0595, Field Wire Chief FAMILY: Born to Enrico (1880-1951) and Saveria D’Auria LaTorraca (1887-1936),Continue reading “SERGEANT ENRICO “HARRY” LATORRACA, JR.; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LORRIN FREDERICK LANE; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: March 3, 1925 (Yantic, CT) – March 13, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 26 Commerce Street, NorwalkENLISTMENT: February 15, 1943, in Springfield, Massachusetts, at 17 years oldSERVICE NUMBER: 527172UNIT: Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0746, Automatic Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Arthur Lane (1886-1976) and Charlotte “Lottie”Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LORRIN FREDERICK LANE; MARINE CORPS”
PHARMACIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS ROBERT EDWARD KROSKY; NAVY
DOB/DOD: January 7, 1924 (Bridgeport, CT) – March 18, 1945; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 1597 Park Avenue, BridgeportENLISTMENT: April 6, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 8074854NAVY RATE AND UNIT ASSIGNED TO: Corpsman assigned to the 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division FAMILY: Born to Joseph H. (1891-1970) and Laura E. Gagner Krosky (1897-1969). Second youngest of sixContinue reading “PHARMACIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS ROBERT EDWARD KROSKY; NAVY”
PRIVATE EDWARD JOHN JOHNSON; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: September 26, 1926 (Hartford, CT) – March 22, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 61 Trudeau Street, HartfordENLISTMENT: June 5, 1944, in Hartford, at 17 years oldSERVICE NUMBER: 569250UNIT: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine FAMILY: Born to Lithuanian parents, Juozapas “Joseph” Johnson (1893-1950) andContinue reading “PRIVATE EDWARD JOHN JOHNSON; MARINE CORPS”
GUNNERY SERGEANT GEORGE FRANCIS HYLAND; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: November 26, 1920 (Stamford, CT) – June 18, 1945; 24 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Marjorie “Midgie” Johnson Hyland (1923-1989) in Lomita, California. She remarried in 1949 to William F. Sharpe (1921-1983).CHILDREN: One son, George Jr. (1944-1974)LOCAL ADDRESS: 11 Cottage Street, StamfordENLISTMENT: October 9, 1939, in Denver, ColoradoSERVICE NUMBER: 275640UNIT: Company C, 1st Battalion,Continue reading “GUNNERY SERGEANT GEORGE FRANCIS HYLAND; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LUDWIG ALBERT HALAS; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: January 26, 1920 (Danbury, CT) – March 2, 1945; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Pembroke Road, DanburyENLISTMENT: March 29, 1943, in Springfield, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 845756UNIT: Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Joseph (1887-1962) and Margaret Halas (1896-1960), born in Czechoslovakia. The second youngestContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LUDWIG ALBERT HALAS; MARINE CORPS”
CHIEF MACHINIST’S MATE FREDERICK DURAND GILBERT; NAVY
DOB/DOD: March 12, 1907 (Norwalk, CT) – February 21, 1945; 37 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Violet Rowland Durand (1903-1974) in 1931 in Boston, MassachusettsLOCAL ADDRESS: French Street, WatertownENLISTMENT: Initially enlisted in 1927SERVICE NUMBER: 2069255SHIP ASSIGNED TO: USS Hocking (APA-121)STATUS: MISSING IN ACTION FAMILY: Born to Frederick (1887-1933) and Harriett Meade Gilbert (1887-1966). Oldest of 10Continue reading “CHIEF MACHINIST’S MATE FREDERICK DURAND GILBERT; NAVY”
SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ROBERT ALFRED GEER; NAVY
DOB/DOD: March 22, 1926 (Connecticut) – February 19, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: RFD #1, Jewett City, ConnecticutENLISTMENT: September 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 6432765UNIT: Company B, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, Seabees FAMILY: Herbert Andrew Salisbury (1898-1975) and Winifred Briggs Salisbury (1903-1981) were S1C Geer’s guardians. The 1930 census shows George A. Geer (1924-1986)Continue reading “SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ROBERT ALFRED GEER; NAVY”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOSEPH LEE GEARHART; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: September 27, 1919 (Mt. Union, PA) – February 27, 1945; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Christine Pagach Gearhart (1921-2002) on August 2, 1941, in Darien, Connecticut.CHILDREN: Two children, Gary (1942-1954 [struck and killed by a car driven by his stepfather who was exonerated]) and Miriam Gearhart Gill (1944-2005).LOCAL ADDRESS: Amston Lake, ConnecticutENLISTMENT: June 19,Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOSEPH LEE GEARHART; MARINE CORPS”