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Nicholas Chucci

"Nick"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 833781
Born

June 9, 1920
in Oakmont, WV

Parents

Michael Chucci
Serafina (Poilluci) Chucci

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Car helper
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Entered Service

March 31, 1943
at Baltimore, MD

Joined First Battalion

September 2, 1943
from Rifle Range, Quantico

Left First Battalion

June 16, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan

Left Service

June 16, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

General Delivery, Keyser, WV – address of mother Mrs. Serafina Chucci

Service & Campaigns
Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island. Outposted to Rifle Range Detachment, Quantico, VA as a small arms instructor through August 1943.

Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA, on 2 September 1943.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 675 (Messenger)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 504 (Ammunition carrier)
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot wounds); exact circumstances unknown. Found dead in field June 21.
June 22, 1944 – buried Plot 3, Row 2, Grave 455, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Saipan (June 16, 1944)

Citation

Gallery
Selective Service registration, 1941.

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