Charles Edward Seader

Boot camp with Fourth and Second Recruit Battalions, Parris Island. (Transferred following emergency leave for death of mother in June 1943.)

Outposted to Marine Barracks, Naval Operating Base Norfolk, VA. Transferred to First Guard Company (Post) on 20 October 1943.

In early 1944, transferred to 57th Replacement Battalion at Camp Lejeune, NC.
Reassigned to 59th Replacement Battalion for transit to Saipan.
Arrived and assigned to Casual Company, Second Marine Division, 11 July 1944.

Temporarily attached to A/1/24th Marines, Fourth Marine Division, on 12 July 1944.

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 25, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, chest) during banzai attack at Tinian.
Received Silver Star Medal for actions on this date.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the First Battalion, Twenty-Fourth Marines, Fourth Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Tinian Island, Marianas Group, from 24 to 25 July 1944. At the height of the battle, when the enemy launched a vigorous counterattack which threatened to break the line of his company, PFC Seader promptly stood up and moved forward, steadily firing his automatic rifle as he advanced under intense enemy opposition and successfully frustrating the hostile counterattack before he was mortally wounded. PFC Seader’s valiant conduct and self-sacrificing devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

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