Daniel Joseph Collins, Jr.
"Danny"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 450830
March 16, 1922
in New York, NY
Daniel Collins
Jennie (Loverda) Collins
Details unknown
Details unknown
September 3, 1942
at New York, NY
October 25, 1942
from 7th Separate Recruit Bn.
February 22, 1945
Wounded in action at Iwo Jima
August 7, 1945
Discharged for disability
133 East Broadway, New York, NY – home of mother, Mrs. Jennie Collins
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island and New River, North Carolina with 7th Separate Recruit Battalion. Outposted directly to Dog Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) on 25 October 1942.
Outfit: D/1/24th Marines (3rd MG Platoon)
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 605 (Heavy machine gunner)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines (MG Platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 605 (Heavy machine gunner)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines (MG Platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 605 (Heavy machine gunner)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 22, 1945 – wounded in action (gunshot, right chest and kidney); evacuated to USS Solace.
Admitted to 148th General Hospital on Saipan, 26 February 1944; treated and transferred to US Naval Hospital #10 (Aeia Heights, Hawaii) on 15 March 1945. On 27 March, discharged for transit to US Naval Hospital Oakland, California. Under treatment at Oakland and USNH Great Lakes through August, 1945. Honorably discharged for reasons of disability on 7 August 1945.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (February 22, 1945)
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