Howard Lionel Lombard, Jr.
Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 932392
November 2, 1925
in Dover, ME
Howard Lionel Lombard, Sr.
Mollie P. (Fowlie) Lombard
Harmony, ME school district
Details unknown
Details unknown
April 6, 1944
at Portland, ME
September 18, 1944
from 65th Replacement Battalion
February 25, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
February 25, 1945
Killed in action
86 East Street, Skowhegan, ME – address of parents, Howard & Mollie Lombard
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Fourth Recruit Battalion; outposted to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In July 1944, on rolls of 65th Replacement Battalion for deployment overseas.
Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 18 September 1944.
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 25, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel wound, head); exact circumstances unknown
March 2, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 14, Grave 696, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (February 25, 1945)
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