John Claiborne Drumright
"JC"
Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 299182
December 27, 1915
in Ripley, TN
Eugene Shaw Drumright
Blanche Anderson (Shaw) Drumright
Details unknown
Truck driver
October 14, 1940
at Nashville, TN
February 3, 1943
from Marine Barracks, Washington DC
February 1, 1944
Killed in action at Namur
February 1, 1944
Killed in action
320 Tyus Street, Brownsville, TN – address of mother, Mrs. Blanche Drumright
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Fourth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard Washington DC, on 14 February 1940.
Duty with MB Guard Company through July, 1942; advanced in rank to Sergeant. At Naval Air Station Anacostia as NCO in charge, January 1943.
Transferred to Company B, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) on 3 February 1943.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 651 (Platoon NCO)
Important Events:
February 1, 1944 – killed in action (blast concussion & shrapnel); exact circumstances unknown.
Note: while Sergeant Drumright’s official date of death is February 1, battalion muster rolls state February 2. He may have been killed in the early morning banzai attack that hit Baker Company on the last day of the battle.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Namur (Feb. 1, 1944)
Citation
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