Everett Tackett
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 465040
May 16, 1922
in Ligon, KY
Sumpter Marion Tackett, Sr.
Fannie Tackett
Martin High School (1942)
Filling station attendant
Pure Oil Service Station
October 22, 1942
at Louisville, KY
December 15, 1942
from 13th Separate Recruit Battalion
October 31, 1944
Hospitalized at US Army Hospital #8
May 22, 1945
Discharged as result of medical survey
Allen, KY – address of wife, Mrs. Emogene (Frazier) Tackett
Married January 1943; daughter Judith Carol born May 11, 1944
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted at Louisville, Kentucky, on 22 October 1942. Boot camp with Tenth Recruit Battalion at Parris Island; completed training with 13th Separate Recruit Battalion, New River, North Carolina.
Joined Baker Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) at New River on 15 December 1942.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 653 (Squad Leader)
Important Events:
June 18, 1944 – wounded in action (shell fragment in right shoulder, collapsing lung); evacuated to USS Solace.
Admitted to US Fleet Hospital #108 (Guadalcanal) on 26 June 1944. Discharged to 16th Field Depot on 12 July; returned to duty with B/1/24th Marines at Camp Maui on 15 August 1944.
After returning to duty, promoted to Corporal on 29 August and awarded Purple Heart Medal on 30 October 1944.
On 31 October 1944, “collapsed” at Camp Maui and hospitalized at US Army Hospital #8. Dropped from battalion rolls on 20 November 1944, transferred to Navy Hospital #128 for additional treatment. Diagnosed with “psychoneurosis / war neurosis” and sent to US Naval Hospital San Leandro, California, January 1945.
Recommended for release from service by medical survey on 14 May; honorably discharged on 22 May 1945.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 18, 1944)
Citation
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