Raymond Carl Motovidlak
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 479578
June 15, 1923
in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Franciszek “Frank” Motovidlak
Marcella (Kaveloskie) Motovidlak
Wilkes-Barre Township High School (1941)
Machine setter
Corbin Screw Corporation
(in New Britain, CT)
October 12, 1942
at Philadelphia, PA
December 12, 1942
from HQ Battalion, New River
June 15, 1944
Killed in action on Saipan
June 15, 1944
Killed in action
147 South Walnut Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA – home of parents, Frank & Marcella Motovidlak
Service & Campaigns
Enlisted at Philadelphia on 12 October 1942; boot camp at Parris Island with Fourth Recruit Battalion. Completed training at Camp New River, North Carolina.
Joined Charlie Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) at New River on 12 December 1942.
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
June 15, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot wound, left chest); exact circumstances unknown.
Buried Plot 2, Row 7, Grave 287, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery, on unknown date.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 15, 1944)
Citation
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