Bartholomew Robert Joseph Wanagaitis
"Taxi"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 479452
July 4, 1918
in Dickson City, PA
Joseph Wanagaitis (d. 1935)
Margaret (Brocavitch) Wanagaitis
Dickson City High School (1937)
“Bull Gang” miner, Bell Mountain Tunnel
A. J. Schrader Coal Company
October 7, 1942
at Philadelphia, PA
October 10, 1942
from 10th Separate Recruit Battalion
February 20, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
February 20, 1945
Killed in action
108 West Market Street, Scranton, PA – home of mother, Mrs. Margaret Wanagaitis
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Thirteenth Recruit Battalion; completed training with Tenth Separate Recruit Battalion, TC New River, North Carolina. Outposted directly to Able Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced).
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 607 (Mortarman)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 607 (Mortarman)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 607 (Mortarman)
Important Events:
July 28, 1944 – wounded in action (gunshot, right hip); evacuated to field hospital.
Returned to duty on 8 August 1944.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 607 (Mortarman)
Important Events:
February 20, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, right lower back); exact circumstances unknown.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
– with Gold Star
Campaign
Tinian (July 28, 1944)
Iwo Jima (Feb. 20, 1945)
Citation
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