Albert Benjamin Duryea
Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 303577
December 27, 1919
in Glendale, CA
Benjamin Franklin Duryea
Elizabeth C. (Goodwin) Duryea
Herbert Hoover High School (1938)
Details unknown
January 29, 1941
at Los Angeles, CA
September 3, 1943
from Marine Barracks Terminal Island
June 16, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan
June 16, 1944
Killed in action
1232 North Howard Street, Glendale, CA – home of parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Duryea
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted at Los Angeles, CA on 29 January 1941. Outposted to Sea School, Marine Corps Base San Diego 12 April 1941; assigned to Marine Detachment aboard USS Portland (CA-33) at Pearl Harbor on 3 July 1941.
While aboard Portland, participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Guadalcanal campaign.
Transferred to US Naval Hospital Long Beach, CA (sick, reason unknown) in spring 1943. Upon release, assigned duty at Marine Barracks, Naval Operating Base Terminal Island through September 1943.
Joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA on 3 September 1943.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad/Team Leader)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad/Team Leader)
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – killed in action (shrapnel, head); exact circumstances unknown.
June 25, 1944 – buried Plot 3, Row 7, Grave 602, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 16, 1944)
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