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Joseph Dale Sexson

"Dale"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 916504
Born

September 12, 1925
in Indianapolis, IN

Parents

Bert Jonas Sexson
Alice Marie (Shipman) Sexson

School

Shortridge High School (ex-1944)

Pre-War Employment

Student

Entered Service

November 6, 1943
at Indianapolis, IN

Joined First Battalion

February 21, 1944
from Fourth Signal Company

Left First Battalion

July 25, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian

Left Service

July 25, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

3711 Watson Road, Indianapolis, IN – home of mother, Mrs. Marie Sexson

Service & Campaigns
Before joining battalion

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego, California. Outposted directly to Fourth Signal Battalion, Fourth Marine Division, on 15 January 1944.

Saipan

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)

Campaign Narrative

Tinian

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 25, 1944 – killed in action (multiple fragment wounds)

Campaign Narrative

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Tinian (July 25, 1944)

Citation

Service Stories

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Joseph is buried in Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
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