Joseph Henry Wendte
"Windy"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 860747
March 7, 1920
in Perham, MN
Henry D. Wendte
Rose (Hilkoske) Wendte
West Division High School
Clerk
Kearney & Trecker Manufacturing
May 15, 1943
at Milwaukee, WI
August 26, 1943
from Camp Elliott
October 22, 1945
to Separation Center, Great Lakes
November 1, 1945
Honorably discharged
1032 North 23rd Street, Milwaukee, WI – address of wife, Mrs. Irene (Byrch) Wendte
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Eighth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Infantry Battalion, Training Center, Camp Elliott in July 1943.
Joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 26 August 1943.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 653 (Squad or team leader)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 653 (Squad or team leader)
Important Events:
July 23, 1944 – sick (diagnosis unknown); admitted to field hospital on Saipan
July 31, 1944 – returned to duty
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 737 (Rifle NCO)
Important Events:
February 22, 1945 – slightly wounded in action (gunshot, forehead); not evacuated
Returned to United States with A/1/24th Marines. Transferred to Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, on 22 October 1945. Honorably discharged 1 November 1945.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (February 25, 1945)
Iwo Jima (February 22, 1945)
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