Martin Eugene Mittuch

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 440431

Born

August 9, 1921
in Newark, NJ

Parents

Martin Joseph Mittuch
Mary (Barosh) Mittuch

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

M. J. Mittuch & Sons
Family auto body shop

Entered Service

August 25, 1942
at New York, NY

Joined First Battalion

December 12, 1942
from HQ Battalion, New River

Left First Battalion

June 17, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan

Left Service

June 17, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

13 Paine Avenue, Irvington, NJ – home of parents, Martin & Mary Mittuch

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island with Eleventh Recruit Battalion; due to hospitalization, transferred to Third Recriut Battalion for remainder of training. Outposted to New River, North Carolina, December 1942. Joined Charlie Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) at New River on 12 December 1942.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 653 (Squad / Team Leader)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad / Team Leader)
Important Events:
June 17, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, abdomen); exact circumstances unknown
June 22, 1944 – buried in Plot 3, Row 5, Grave 526, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative