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Charles Frank Powell, Jr.

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 569223
Born

May 21, 1926
in East Middlebury, VT

Parents

Charles Frank Powell, Sr. (d. 1944)
Addie Reynolds (Perrin) Powell

School

Jeffersonville Grade School

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

April 20, 1944
at Hartford, CT

Joined First Battalion

November 22, 1944
from 17th Replacement Draft

Left First Battalion

February 25, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

February 25, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

Route 1, Jeffersonville, Vermont – home of Charles & Addie Powell.

Service & Campaigns
Before joining battalion

Enlisted at Hartford, CT on 20 February 1944; placed on inactive duty until 23 May 1944. Boot camp at MCRD Parris Island with Eighth Recruit Platoon. Outposted to TC Camp Lejeune for infantry training; assigned to 17th Replacement Draft for transit to Pacific theater.

Joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui, Hawaii, 22 November 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Important Events:
February 25, 1945 – killed in action; exact cause and circumstances not known.

Campaign Narrative

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Iwo Jima

Citation
For wounds received in action on February 25, 1945.

Service Stories

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Charles is buried in South Cambridge Cemetery, South Cambridge, Vermont.
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