Marwood Baldwin Smith

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 915779

Born

November 26, 1924
in Windom, MN

Parents

Baldwin Austin Smith
Swanhild Lorense (Elde) Smith

School

Pipestone High School (1942)

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

November 22, 1943
at Omaha, NE

Joined First Battalion

July 1, 1944
from H&S Company, 24th Marines

Left First Battalion

July 8, 1944
Wounded and evacuated from Saipan

Left Service

August 11, 1944
Died of wounds received in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

1912 South Center Street, Sioux Falls, SD – home of father, Mr. Baldwin A. Smith

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Before joining the Marine Corps, Marwood served ten months with the Merchant Marine.

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego; outposted to Fourth Signal Battalion, Fourth Marine Division, for transit to Hawaii. Assigned duty with Headquarters and Service Company, 24th Marines, as a scout.

Made combat landing on Saipan on 15 June 1944. Transferred to B/1/24th Marines as a replacement on 1 July 1944.

Saipan

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 636 (Scout)
Important Events:
July 1, 1944 – joined from H&S Company, 24th Marines
July 8, 1944 – severely wounded in action (gunshot, head) and evacuated for treatment.

Campaign Narrative

After leaving battalion

Evacuated and hospitalized at US Fleet Hospital #105, Noumea, New Caledonia.

Died as a result of wounds suffered on Saipan (cerebral abscess from gunshot wound in head) on 11 August 1944. Buried in US Cemetery #1, Noumea (Plot 9, Row 5, Grave 447).