Thomas Joseph Slockbower
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 901011
April 1, 1926
in Jersey City, NJ
Thomas Joseph Slockbower
Anna (Haley) Slockbower
Ferris High School
Details unknown
September 10, 1943
at New York, NY
July 12, 1944
from Casual Co., 2nd Marine Division
August 2, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian
August 2, 1944
Killed in action
196 1st Street, Jersey City, NJ – home of mother, Mrs. Anna Slockbower
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Second Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Signal Battalion, TC Camp Lejeune, NC, as student radio operator. (Instruction not completed).
Transferred to 57th Replacement Battalion, Camp Lejeune. On rolls as “straggler” as of 10 April; transferred to 59th Replacement Battalion for transit to Saipan.
Arrived and assigned to Casual Company, Second Marine Division, 11 July 1944.
Temporarily attached to A/1/24th Marines, Fourth Marine Division, on 12 July 1944.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 605 (Heavy Machine Gunner)
Important Events:
August 2, 1944 – killed in action (fragment wounds, head); exact circumstances unknown
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Tinian (August 2, 1944)
Citation
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