Charles Frank Powell, Jr.
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 569223
May 21, 1926
in East Middlebury, VT
Charles Frank Powell, Sr. (d. 1944)
Addie Reynolds (Perrin) Powell
Jeffersonville Grade School
Details unknown
April 20, 1944
at Hartford, CT
November 22, 1944
from 17th Replacement Draft
February 25, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
February 25, 1945
Killed in action
Route 1, Jeffersonville, Vermont – home of Charles & Addie Powell.
Service & Campaigns
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.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Important Events:
February 25, 1945 – killed in action; exact cause and circumstances not known.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima
Citation
For wounds received in action on February 25, 1945.
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