Timothy Bernard Colgan
"Bud"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 499294
May 13, 1925
in Wyoming, IL
Thomas Leo Colgan
Emma E. (VanOttengheim) Colgan
Wyoming High School (ex-1944)
High school student
March 10, 1943
at Chicago, IL
August 27, 1943
from Camp Elliott
June 17, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan
June 17, 1944
Killed in action
291 Main Street, Wyoming, IL – home of parents, Thomas & Emma Colgan
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Eleventh Recruit Battalion; outposted to Company A, Infantry Battalion, Camp Elliott for advanced infantry training.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 27 August 1943.
Outfit: D/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 504 (Ammunition carrier)
Important Events:
February 1, 1944 – wounded in action (sword cuts, both hands; gunshot wound in lower leg) in hand-to-hand fight with a Japanese soldier. Evacuation and treatment details unknown.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
June 17, 1944 – killed in action (grenade fragments); exact circumstances unknown
June 22, 1944 – buried in Plot 3, Row 4, Grave 497, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
– with Gold Star
Campaign
Roi-Namur (February 1, 1944)
Saipan (June 17, 1944)
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