| NAME: Joe Richard Driskell |
NICKNAME: — |
SERVICE NUMBER: 283270 (enlisted) 0-44421 (commissioned) |
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| HOME OF RECORD: Terre Haute, IN (later Klamath Falls, OR) |
NEXT OF KIN: Brother, Mr. Willis Driskell (later Wife, Mrs. Dagmar Driskell) |
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| DATE OF BIRTH: 9/22/1916 |
SERVICE DATES: 5/28/1940 – 1953 |
DATE OF DEATH: 3/12/1997 |
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| CAMPAIGN | UNIT | MOS | RATE | RESULT | |||
| Pearl Harbor | Marine Detachment, USS Nevada |
Gun Captain | Corporal | WIA | |||
| New Georgia | O/4th Raider Battalion | — | Gunnery Sergeant | WIA | |||
| Iwo Jima | A/1/24 | 812 | Gunnery Sergeant (acting 2nd Lieutenant) |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS: Navy Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Gold Star |
LAST KNOWN RANK: Second Lieutenant (WWII) Master Sergeant (Reserve) |
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Biography coming soon.
From an unknown Terre Haute newspaper, 1943.
This article was evidently a follow-up to Gertrude Cronin’s earlier column.