Donald Richard Hart

"Don"

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 445364

Born

November 16, 1923
in Toledo, OH

Parents

John Patrick Hart (d. 1936)
Leona (Leonhard) Hart (d. 1928)

School

Pomeroy High School (1942)

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

September 9, 1942
at Cincinnati, OH

Joined First Battalion

November 15, 1942
from 10th Separate Recruit Battalion

Left First Battalion

March 7, 1945
Wounded in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

October 5, 1945
Honorably discharged

Home Address and Next of Kin

Box 164, Syracuse, OH – address of legal guardian, Mr. David B. Williams

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Enlisted at Cincinnati, OH, on 9 September 1942. Boot camp at Parris Island and New River, NC, with 10th Separate Recruit Battalion.

Outposted directly to Company A, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) at New River, 15 November 1942.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

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

Campaign Narrative

Tinian

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader)
Important Events:
July 24, 1944 – wounded in action (cause not given, slight); evacuated to field hospital
July 29, 1944 – returned to duty

Campaign Narrative

Iwo Jima

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 737 (Rifle NCO)
Important Events:
March 7, 1945 – wounded in action (gunshot, left thumb); evacuated to field hospital
March 8, 1945 – evacuated by air to Guam

Campaign Narrative

After leaving battalion

Admitted to US Field Hospital #111, Guam, on 8 March 1945 for initial treatment. To US Naval Hospital #10, Aiea Heights, Hawaii, for additional treatment; discharged to duty 18 April 1945.

Transferred to Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot St. Julien’s Creek, Virginia in June, 1945. Duty there through honorable discharge on 5 October 1945.