DOB/DOD: August 25, 1926 (West Hartford, CT) – February 19, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 22 Keeney Avenue, West HartfordENLISTMENT: April 19, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut. Entered active duty on June 30, 1944, at 17 years oldSERVICE NUMBER: 569214UNIT: 31st Replacement Draft, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine FAMILY: Born toContinue reading “PRIVATE JOHN “JACK” SAMUEL GARDINER; MARINE CORPS”
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRANK FISCO; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: November 14, 1924 (New Haven, CT) – March 13, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 191 Greene Street, New Haven. The house was likely torn down for Interstate 91ENLISTMENT: April 22, 1943, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Entered active duty on May 5, 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 845991UNIT: 31st Replacement Draft, SerTrps, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY:Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRANK FISCO; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WILLIAM “BILLY” EDWARD FALLON; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: December 16, 1926 (New Haven, CT) – March 11, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 47 Concord Street, HamdenENLISTMENT: March 23, 1944, in Springfield, Massachusetts, at 17 years oldSERVICE NUMBER: 556878UNIT: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0604, Machine Gun Crewman FAMILY: Born to William (1894-1963) and CatherineContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WILLIAM “BILLY” EDWARD FALLON; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD PAUL EZEPCHIK; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: May 11, 1924 (New York, NY) – February 23, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Box 34, Hanover, CTENLISTMENT: July 30, 1942, in New London, ConnecticutSERVICE NUMBER: 442121UNIT: Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Paul K. (1885-1973) and Kate (1885-1963) Ezepchik. Both parentsContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD PAUL EZEPCHIK; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE ERNEST BRAINARD EVLETH; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: August 12, 1926 (Hartford, CT) – March 9, 1945; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Day Street Extension, West GranbyENLISTMENT: June 12, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, at 17 years oldSERVICE NUMBER: 569254UNIT: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine FAMILY: Born to Ernest V. (1894-1982) and ViraContinue reading “PRIVATE ERNEST BRAINARD EVLETH; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS IRVING WILLIAM ESTABROOK, JR.; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: October 25, 1920 (Stratford, CT) – February 25, 1945; 24 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Doris “Dody” May Young (1922-1988) on November 1, 1941, in West Haven. She remarried Irving’s brother, Russell Estabrook, on July 26, 1946, in West Haven.LOCAL ADDRESS: 236 First Avenue, West HavenENLISTMENT: May 26, 1944, in Hartford, ConnecticutSERVICE NUMBER: 987515UNIT: CompanyContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS IRVING WILLIAM ESTABROOK, JR.; MARINE CORPS”
PLATOON SERGEANT OLIVER BUCKLAND “BOB” ELLSWORTH, JR.; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: July 29, 1920 (Portland, CT) – February 20, 1945; 24 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Caroline Woods Ellsworth Peterson (1923-2015) on June 15, 1943, in Beaufort, South Carolina. Later, she married Edward Gunnar Peterson of Greenville, South Carolina, in 1950.CHILDREN: One daughter, Jacquelyne Ellsworth Bourque (1944-2021).LOCAL ADDRESS: 108 Gillette Street, Hartford. The house is noContinue reading “PLATOON SERGEANT OLIVER BUCKLAND “BOB” ELLSWORTH, JR.; MARINE CORPS”
CORPORAL JAMES PAUL DUFFY; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: July 13, 1920 (Allston, MA) – February 19, 1945; 24 years old}MARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 500 Broadway, Somerville, MassachusettsENLISTMENT: August 13, 1942, in Boston, MassachusettsSERVICE NUMBER: 432359UNIT: Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0746, Automatic Rifleman FAMILY: Son of James H. (1887-1954) and Julia Cottingham Duffy (1892-1970). Both wereContinue reading “CORPORAL JAMES PAUL DUFFY; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE ODELL ERNEST DOYON; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: May 31, 1919 (Griswold, CT) – March 10, 1945; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 131 Glasgo Community, GriswoldENLISTMENT: July 7, 1944, in Hartford, ConnecticutSERVICE NUMBER: 987777UNIT: 34th Replacement Draft, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine FAMILY: Born to Azarie (1880-1922) and Arcelia Lacroix Doyon (1887-1933). Youngest of 6 children. Siblings areContinue reading “PRIVATE ODELL ERNEST DOYON; MARINE CORPS”
HOSPITAL APPRENTICE FIRST CLASS FRANK AVERY DEWOLF; NAVY
DOB/DOD: October 20, 1925 (Springfield, MA) – March 8, 1945; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 562 Enfield Street, ThompsonvilleENLISTMENT: June 1943SERVICE NUMBER: 6672778NAVY RATE AND UNIT: Corpsman assigned to Company D, 5th Medical Battalion, 5th Marine Division FAMILY: Born to Carl (1888-1967) and Esther Evelyn Wilcox DeWolf (1895-1958). At some point, Esther remarried StephenContinue reading “HOSPITAL APPRENTICE FIRST CLASS FRANK AVERY DEWOLF; NAVY”