Leland George Owings
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number [not known]
December 29, 1920
in Newport, OR
Norman Ralph Owings
Eva (Frey) Owings
Paterson Public School #4
Driver
Dun-Rite Laundry
October 13, 1942
at New York, NY
December 12, 1942
from HQ Battalion, Parris Island
October 5, 1943
Admitted to Naval Hospital San Diego
February 4, 1944
Discharged for disability
57 North 1st Street, Paterson, NJ – home of parents, Norman & Eva Owings.
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On 23 April 1943, transferred to HQ Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines.
At barber school, Camp Pendleton, from 31 May 1943 through 1 July 1943.
On 5 October 1943, transferred to US Naval Hospital San Diego as a patient, diagnosis unknown.
Transferred to US Public Health Service Hospital (USPHSH) Fort Worth, Texas, for treatment.
On 4 February 1944, “discharged upon report of medical survey for disability, not of own misconduct – Character Excellent.” Dropped from Marine Corps rolls but retained in hospital for further treatment.
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