Charles Edwin Queen

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 441685

Born

April 21, 1923
in New Virginia, IA

Parents

Theodore Roosevelt Queen
Pearl Leona (McGriff) Queen

School

Newton High School (ex-1942)

Pre-War Employment

Maytag Corporation

Entered Service

September 7, 1942
at Des Moines, IA

Joined First Battalion

September 1, 1943
from 23rd Marines

Left First Battalion

July 8, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan

Left Service

July 8, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

512 North 4th Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa – address of wife, Mrs. Clara A. Queen

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Eleventh Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, California, for guard duty. Transferred to Infantry Battalion, Camp Elliott, CA, for training on 5 July 1943. Assigned to 23rd Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA.

Joined Dog Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 1 September 1943.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: D/1/24th Marines (2nd MG Platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 504 (Ammunition Carrier)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines (MG Platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 504 (Ammunition Carrier)
Important Events:
July 8, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, back); exact circumstances unknown
July 9, 1944 – buried Plot E, Row 9, Grave 19, Second Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative