Homer Hager, Jr.
"Drummer"
Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 802640
February 7, 1923
in Hamlin, WV
Homer Lee Hager
Cuba Alberta (Nelson) Hager
Hamlin High School (1940)
Marshall University (post-war)
Ideal Chevrolet Sales
March 4, 1943
at Charleston, WV
September 8, 1943
from MCB Quantico
June 16, 1944
Wounded in action on Saipan
November 11, 1945
Discharged
Hamlin, WV (no street) – address of father, Mr. Homer Hager Sr.
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted 4 March 1943 in Charleston, West Virginia. Boot camp at Parris Island; outposted to Reserve Officers’ Class, Marine Corps Base Quantico, for duty as a messman. Transferred to Fourth Marine Division, fall 1943.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton, California, on 8 September 1943.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 2, 1944 – wounded in action (gunshot, right thigh); evacuated to USS Bolivar.
Treated aboard USS LaSalle. Returned to duty, date unknown.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader)
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – wounded in action (gunshot, left leg); evacuated to unknown vessel
Admitted to US Naval Hospital #10 (Aiea Heights) on 26 June 1944. Under treatment through 9 August 1944; discharged from hospital and transferred to Service Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Served with Maintenance and Repair section, Camp Lejeune, through November 1945.
Honorably discharged on 11 November 1945.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
– with Gold Star
Campaign
Roi-Namur (February 2, 1944)
Saipan (June 16, 1944)
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