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 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”