Earl Elmore Nichols

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 562519

Born

June 12, 1926
in Potrerillos, Chile

Parents

Earl Elmore Nichols, Sr.
Grace Loraine (Bledsoe) Nichols

School

Bisbee Union High School (1944)

Pre-War Employment

Recent graduate

Entered Service

April 13, 1944
at Phoenix, AZ

Joined First Battalion

February 27, 1945
from 24th Replacement Draft

Left First Battalion

March 1, 1945
Wounded and evacuated from Iwo Jima

Left Service

March 1, 1945
Died of wounds

Home Address and Next of Kin

8830 South Gramercy Place, Los Angeles, CA – address of parents, Earl Sr. & Grace Nichols

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Fifth Recruit Battalion; outposted to Seventh Training Battalion, Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Pendleton. Assigned duty with the 24th Replacement Draft, attached to the Fourth Marine Division, for the Iwo Jima operation.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 610 (Anti-Tank Gunner)
Important Events:
February 27, 1945 – joined from 24th Replacement Draft
March 1, 1945 – wounded in action (shrapnel wound, head); exact circumstances unknown. Evacuated to USS Solace.
Died of wounds aboard ship later the same day.
March 5, 1945 – buried in Plot C, Row 18, Grave 10, Army/Navy/Marine Corps Cemetery #2, Guam

Campaign Narrative