Roland Pusey Jackson
"Boney"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 951463
Read Lowell Silverman’s biography of Roland “Boney” Jackson on Delaware’s World War II Fallen.
March 30, 1914
in Newark, DE
Henry Roland Jackson
Hannah Virginia (Fulton) Jackson
Newark High School (1934)
University of Delaware (1938)
Phys Ed teacher
Newark High School
March 21, 1944
at Philadelphia, PA
September 18, 1944
from Replacement Battalion, FMF Pacific
February 21, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
February 21, 1945
Killed in action
33 Cleveland Street, Newark, DE – home of wife, Josephine Ann (George) Jackson, and son Roland Lamott Jackson
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with 13th Recruit Battalion; outposted to Company E, Signal Battalion, TC Camp Lejeune on 30 May 1944. Transferred to 65th Replacement Draft on 16 June 1944 for transit to Hawaii.
Joined Replacement Battalion, FMF Pacific on 20 August 1944. Assigned to Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines on 18 September.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 21, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, head); exact circumstances unknown
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (Feb. 21, 1945)
Citation
Service Stories
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