Laurent Rene Palardy
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 446326
February 22, 1923
in Sainte-Hedwidge-de-Roberval, Quebec,
CANADA
Joseph Louis Damase Palardy
Marie Beatrice (Labbe) Palardy
Lewiston High School (1942)
South Portland shipyards
September 8, 1942
at Augusta, ME
November 27, 1942
from Training Camp New River
March 2, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 2, 1945
Killed in action
173 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, ME – address of parents, Joseph & Beatrice Palardy
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Platoon 728, Fourth Recruit Battalion / New River with Eighth Separate Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Able Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) at New River, 27 November 1942.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 675 (Messenger)
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 653 (Squad/Team Leader)
Important Events:
June 22, 1944 – wounded in action (shrapnel, left arm); evacuated to USS Clay for treatment.
*Hospitalized for wounds; did not participate in combat.
Admitted to US Naval Hospital #8 (Guadalcanal) for treatment and disposition on 27 July 1944.
Returned to duty at Camp Maui on 14 August 1944.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 533 (Demolitions)
Important Events:
March 2, 1945 – killed in action; cause and circumstances unknown
March 10, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 28, Grave 1377, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
– with Gold Star
Campaign
Saipan (June 22, 1944)
Iwo Jima (March 2, 1945)
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