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Theodore Edward Dawdy

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 455027
Born

August 17, 1926
in Dallas, TX

Parents

Cass Warner Dawdy (d. 1942)
Eunice Frances (Abbott) Dawdy

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

September 19, 1942
at Dallas, TX

Joined First Battalion

August 25, 1943
from Camp Elliott

Left First Battalion

December 3, 1944
Transferred to RW Co., 24th Marines

Left Service

February 24, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Home Address and Next of Kin

Address – home of NOK
Any explanation about NOK here

Service & Campaigns
Before joining battalion

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego. Outposted to Guard Company, Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne, NV, winter of 1942. Duty at Hawthorne through spring 1943. In July 1943, on rolls of Infantry Battalion, Training Center Camp Elliott, California.

Joined Charlie Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton, 25 August 1943.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines (Weapons platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 504 (Ammo carrier)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines (MG platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 504 (Ammo carrier)

Campaign Narrative

Tinian

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines (MG platoon)
Rank: Private
MOS: 504 (Ammo carrier)

Campaign Narrative

After leaving battalion

On 3 December 1944, transferred to Regimental Weapons Company, 24th Marines, as an anti-tank gunner.

Participated in the battle of Iwo Jima with this company until killed in action (multiple shell fragment wounds) on 24 February 1945.

Individual Decorations

Medal
Bronze Star
Purple Heart

Campaign
Unknown
Iwo Jima (Feb. 24, 1945)

Citation
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Service Stories

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Theodore is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
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