Richard Edward Jacques
"Rick"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 564837
April 19. 1926
in Pawtucket, RI
Edward Charles Jacques
Marion A. (Daigle) Jacques
Pawtucket West High School (1944)
High school student
March 10, 1944
at Boston, MA
September 18, 1944
from Transient Center, FMF Pacific
March 4, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 4, 1945
Killed in action
75 Bullock Street, Pawtucket, RI – address of parents, Edward & Marion Jacques
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Eighth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Camp Lejeune, NC; assigned to 65th Replacement Draft for transit overseas.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 18 September 1944.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines (MG Platoon)
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 604 (Machine Gunner)
Important Events:
March 4, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, neck); exact circumstances unknown
March 11, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 28, Grave 1380, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
March 4, 1945
Citation
Richard is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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