DOB/DOD: January 23, 1918 (New Haven, CT) – February 24, 1945; 27 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Married Lorain Fippinger (1920-2000) on January 6, 1940, in Madison, Connecticut. Lorain remarried George Yarde in 1946 in Bristol.
CHILDREN: One son, George Edward (1943-). Research suggests Corporal Lord’s son, George, was adopted by George Yarde, Lorain Lord’s second husband.
LOCAL ADDRESS: 43 Whalley Avenue, New Haven
ENLISTMENT: September 23, 1943, in Springfield, Massachusetts
SERVICE NUMBER: 891633
UNIT: Company A, 5th Engineer Battalion, 5th Marine Division
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0189, Rigger, Heavy Equipment
FAMILY: Born to John (1875-1939) [born in England] and Edith Dewey Lord (1880-1975). Youngest of seven children. Siblings are Edith Elizabeth (1897-1972), John Jr. (1901-1959), Harold (1905-1992), Lester (1910-2006), Ruth (1912-1989), and Dorothea (1916-1962). 1, 2 Worked at Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven prior to the service. 3
CIRCUMSTANCES: Boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, in late 1943. Assigned to the 16th Marines (Engineers), 1st Battalion, Company A. Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina, for Engineer Training in January 1944. In April 1944, assigned to the 26th Marines (Reinforced), 5th Engineer Battalion, Company A. In October 1944, he was assigned to his final unit, the 5th Marine Division, 5th Engineer Battalion. 5 Died from a gunshot wound to the head. 4
Hartford Public High School, Class of 1935
From The Journal (Meriden, CT) March 30, 1945
Mrs. Lorraine Lord of Choate School has been informed by the Marine Department through the Navy Department that her husband, Corporal George E. Lord, died fighting with the Marines against the Japs at Iwo Jima. Corporal Lord, who was in the service for over two years, was killed in action in the bloody Pacific battle of February 24. Besides his wife, he is survived by a small son.
Initially buried in the 5th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima, Plot 1, Row 11, Grave 219. 4At his mother’s request, his remains were repatriated and buried in 1948 in East Lawn Cemetery, 58 River Street, East Haven, Connecticut; Section E, Lot 62, Grave C, between two bushes. Photo by Jeff DeWitt.
1 – 1930 census https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/
2 – 1940 census https://www.ancestry.com/cs/1940-census
3 – https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/
4 – USMC Casualty Report received via FOIA request
5 – USMC Muster Rolls: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1089/