Eugene Thomas Langston
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 908322
October 20, 1914
in Matherville, IL
Thomas James Langston
Mary Jane (Purvis) Langston
Details unknown
Rock Island Post Office
October 9, 1943
at Chicago, IL
April 10, 1944
from Transient Center, V Amphibious Corps
June 16, 1944
Wounded and evacuated from Saipan
July 23, 1945
Discharged as result of medical survey
431 4th Street, Rock Island, IL – address of wife, Mrs. Dorothea (Carey) Langston
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted at Chicago, Illinois, on 9 October 1943. Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with the Seventh Recruit Battalion; outposted to Second Field Artillery Training Center, Camp Pendleton, California.
Transferred to V Amphibious Corps in summer of 1944. Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 10 April 1944.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – wounded in action (gunshot, left chest, serious); evacuated to USS Sheridan.
Admitted to US Naval Hospital #10 (Aiea Heights) on 3 July 1944. Transferred to US Naval Hospital San Diego; under treatment until discharged for disability on 23 July 1945.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 16, 1944)
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