Richard Avery Hayes
Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 816822
August 14, 1923
in Quincy, MI
Carleton Wesley Hayes
Wavel Bertha (Avery) Hayes
Quincy High School (1940)
National Twist Drill & Tool Company
February 2, 1943
at Detroit, MI
May 19, 1943
from Second Battalion, 14th Marines
July 25, 1944
Killed in action
July 25, 1944
Killed in action
Address – home of NOK
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Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego. Outposted to Battery D, Second Battalion, 14th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 7 April 1943.
Transferred to B/1/24th Marines on 19 May 1943.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (Automatic Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 20, 1944 – transferred to HQ/1/24
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (Automatic Rifleman)
Important Events:
July 25, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot wound, chest) reportedly while assisting wounded Marines.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Tinian (July 25, 1944)
Citation
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