USMCR World War II
PFC Raymond S. Aasheim KIA Solomon Islands October 9, 1942
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion,7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Kitts, Kentucky
Father, Mr. James M. Lawson, Sr.
Service# 343949
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The battalion was activated on 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On 18 September 1942, 2/7 landed on Guadalcanal. They fought the Battle of Guadalcanal for four months until they were relieved by elements of the United States Army's Americal Division. The battalion was then sent to Australia along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division for rest and refit.
Guadalcanal
Another attempt at driving across the Matanika began on 7 October with elements of the assault group coming from the 2d, 5th, and 7th Marines . The latter unit, less its 3d Battalion which remained in reserve, crossed without incident. Resistance to the attacking force was encountered eventually by all units after the Marines were established on the opposite bank .
PFC Lawson and PFC Gerald J. McGettrick, Company G, 2Gn, 7th Marines, were killed in action on Guadalcanal during fighting with Japanese forces.
Due to battlefield conditions, their remains were not recovered until after the war, in 1947.
PFC Raymond S. Aasheim KIA Solomon Islands October 9, 1942
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion,7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Kitts, Kentucky
Father, Mr. James M. Lawson, Sr.
Service# 343949
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The battalion was activated on 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On 18 September 1942, 2/7 landed on Guadalcanal. They fought the Battle of Guadalcanal for four months until they were relieved by elements of the United States Army's Americal Division. The battalion was then sent to Australia along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division for rest and refit.
Guadalcanal
Another attempt at driving across the Matanika began on 7 October with elements of the assault group coming from the 2d, 5th, and 7th Marines . The latter unit, less its 3d Battalion which remained in reserve, crossed without incident. Resistance to the attacking force was encountered eventually by all units after the Marines were established on the opposite bank .
PFC Lawson and PFC Gerald J. McGettrick, Company G, 2Gn, 7th Marines, were killed in action on Guadalcanal during fighting with Japanese forces.
Due to battlefield conditions, their remains were not recovered until after the war, in 1947.
USMCR World War II
PFC Raymond S. Aasheim KIA Solomon Islands October 9, 1942
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion,7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Kitts, Kentucky
Father, Mr. James M. Lawson, Sr.
Service# 343949
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The battalion was activated on 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On 18 September 1942, 2/7 landed on Guadalcanal. They fought the Battle of Guadalcanal for four months until they were relieved by elements of the United States Army's Americal Division. The battalion was then sent to Australia along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division for rest and refit.
Guadalcanal
Another attempt at driving across the Matanika began on 7 October with elements of the assault group coming from the 2d, 5th, and 7th Marines . The latter unit, less its 3d Battalion which remained in reserve, crossed without incident. Resistance to the attacking force was encountered eventually by all units after the Marines were established on the opposite bank .
PFC Lawson and PFC Gerald J. McGettrick, Company G, 2Gn, 7th Marines, were killed in action on Guadalcanal during fighting with Japanese forces.
Due to battlefield conditions, their remains were not recovered until after the war, in 1947.
PFC Raymond S. Aasheim KIA Solomon Islands October 9, 1942
Unit Company G, 2nd Battalion,7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Kitts, Kentucky
Father, Mr. James M. Lawson, Sr.
Service# 343949
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The battalion was activated on 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On 18 September 1942, 2/7 landed on Guadalcanal. They fought the Battle of Guadalcanal for four months until they were relieved by elements of the United States Army's Americal Division. The battalion was then sent to Australia along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division for rest and refit.
Guadalcanal
Another attempt at driving across the Matanika began on 7 October with elements of the assault group coming from the 2d, 5th, and 7th Marines . The latter unit, less its 3d Battalion which remained in reserve, crossed without incident. Resistance to the attacking force was encountered eventually by all units after the Marines were established on the opposite bank .
PFC Lawson and PFC Gerald J. McGettrick, Company G, 2Gn, 7th Marines, were killed in action on Guadalcanal during fighting with Japanese forces.
Due to battlefield conditions, their remains were not recovered until after the war, in 1947.
Inscription
PFC, US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Returned from overseas for burial on December 14, 1951.
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