Gernie Philip Barnhill
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 993480
February 27, 1921
in Georgetown, SC
Dudley Joseph Barnhill
Sara Clara (Bullard) Barnhill
Pleasant Hill school district
Family farm
June 20, 1944
at Columbia, SC
February 27, 1945
from 30th Replacement Draft
March 3, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 3, 1945
Killed in action
General Delivery, Johnsonville, SC – address of wife, Mrs. Rosa Nell (Powell) Barnhill, and three children
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Third Recruit Battalion; outposted to Seventh Training Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Assigned to 30th Replacement Draft, attached to the Fourth Marine Division, for the Iwo Jima operation.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 521 (Basic)
Important Events:
February 27, 1945 – joined from 30th Replacement Draft; assigned to Baker Company
March 3, 1945 – killed in action (gunshot, abdomen and/or mortar shrapnel); exact circumstances unknown.
Buried in Plot 1, Row 20, Grave 962, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery on same date.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 3, 1945)
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