Eli Plotnick
"Plot"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 473163
April 14, 1924
in Brooklyn, NY
Solomon Plotnick
Anna (Peimer) Plotnick
Andrew Jackson High School (1942)
The Cambria Theater
October 13, 1942
at New York, NY
December 12, 1942
from HQ Battalion, Camp Lejeune
March 7, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 7, 1945
Killed in action
115-21 222nd Street, St. Albans, NY – address of parents, Solomon and Anna Plotnick
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Fourth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to HQ Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; joined Charlie Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) on 12 December 1942.
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 24, 1944 – wounded in action (shrapnel, left eye); exact circumstances unknown. Evacuated to unknown destination.
Returned to duty 18 November 1944.
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 737 (Rifle NCO)
Important Events:
March 7, 1945 – killed in action (gunshot, chest); exact circumstances unknown
March 11, 1945 – buried Plot 1, Row 28, Grave 1400, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
– with Gold Star
Campaign
Tinian (July 24, 1944)
Iwo Jima (March 7, 1945)
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