Everett Ellsworth Schafer
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 467295
August 1, 1922
in Statesville, NC
Everett Eugene Schafer
Dora Etta (Belch) Schafer
Details unknown
Frigidaire Corporation
(Ordnance Plant)
October 8, 1942
at Dayton, OH
December 18, 1942
from 12th Recruit Battalion, Parris Island
February 20, 1945
wounded in action at Iwo Jima;
evacuated to Naval Hospital #10
September 28, 1945
Discharged
Rural Route 16, Indianapolis, IN – address of mother, Dora Etta Schafer
Campaigns
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader) – machine guns
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 653 (Section Leader) – machine guns
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 653 (Section Leader) – machine guns
Important Events:
July 31, 1944 – slightly wounded in action (shrapnel fragments)
Returned to duty August 8, 1944
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 600 (Section Leader) – machine guns
Important Events:
February 20, 1945 – wounded in action (gunshot wound, left shoulder)
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
with Gold Star
Campaign
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Citation
For wounds received in action
Service Stories
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