Service No. #342117
Induction Date: 01/13/1942
Entered the Service from: Missouri
2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Alice Neri, 5348 Pattison Avenue; Saint Louis, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA place as Solomon Islands.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 5248 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Mrs. Alice Neri (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as St. Louis, Missouri on 08/31/1918. Employed by Joe & Alice Tavern, 5256 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri as of 10/16/1940 registration date.
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Fred to this memorial in addition to updating his DOB information***
Information below gleaned from: https://missingmarines.com/fred-neri/
On the night of 9 October 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines set out from their camp on Tulagi to make a raid on Aola, Guadalcanal. Over 400 men crowded into a handful of Higgins boats, which would be towed across Sealark Channel under cover of darkness. Halfway across the channel, the boat carrying the 2nd Platoon of B/1/2 was ripped in half, dumping the startled men into the water. Weighed down by their gear, many never had a chance. Fourteen Marines – including Private Fred Neri – and three of the boat crew were drowned, their bodies lost at sea.
Induction Date: 01/13/1942
Entered the Service from: Missouri
2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Alice Neri, 5348 Pattison Avenue; Saint Louis, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA place as Solomon Islands.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 5248 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Mrs. Alice Neri (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as St. Louis, Missouri on 08/31/1918. Employed by Joe & Alice Tavern, 5256 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri as of 10/16/1940 registration date.
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Fred to this memorial in addition to updating his DOB information***
Information below gleaned from: https://missingmarines.com/fred-neri/
On the night of 9 October 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines set out from their camp on Tulagi to make a raid on Aola, Guadalcanal. Over 400 men crowded into a handful of Higgins boats, which would be towed across Sealark Channel under cover of darkness. Halfway across the channel, the boat carrying the 2nd Platoon of B/1/2 was ripped in half, dumping the startled men into the water. Weighed down by their gear, many never had a chance. Fourteen Marines – including Private Fred Neri – and three of the boat crew were drowned, their bodies lost at sea.
Service No. #342117
Induction Date: 01/13/1942
Entered the Service from: Missouri
2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Alice Neri, 5348 Pattison Avenue; Saint Louis, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA place as Solomon Islands.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 5248 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Mrs. Alice Neri (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as St. Louis, Missouri on 08/31/1918. Employed by Joe & Alice Tavern, 5256 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri as of 10/16/1940 registration date.
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Fred to this memorial in addition to updating his DOB information***
Information below gleaned from: https://missingmarines.com/fred-neri/
On the night of 9 October 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines set out from their camp on Tulagi to make a raid on Aola, Guadalcanal. Over 400 men crowded into a handful of Higgins boats, which would be towed across Sealark Channel under cover of darkness. Halfway across the channel, the boat carrying the 2nd Platoon of B/1/2 was ripped in half, dumping the startled men into the water. Weighed down by their gear, many never had a chance. Fourteen Marines – including Private Fred Neri – and three of the boat crew were drowned, their bodies lost at sea.
Induction Date: 01/13/1942
Entered the Service from: Missouri
2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Alice Neri, 5348 Pattison Avenue; Saint Louis, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA place as Solomon Islands.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 5248 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact person listed as Mrs. Alice Neri (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as St. Louis, Missouri on 08/31/1918. Employed by Joe & Alice Tavern, 5256 Pattison Street, St. Louis, Missouri as of 10/16/1940 registration date.
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Fred to this memorial in addition to updating his DOB information***
Information below gleaned from: https://missingmarines.com/fred-neri/
On the night of 9 October 1942, the First Battalion, 2nd Marines set out from their camp on Tulagi to make a raid on Aola, Guadalcanal. Over 400 men crowded into a handful of Higgins boats, which would be towed across Sealark Channel under cover of darkness. Halfway across the channel, the boat carrying the 2nd Platoon of B/1/2 was ripped in half, dumping the startled men into the water. Weighed down by their gear, many never had a chance. Fourteen Marines – including Private Fred Neri – and three of the boat crew were drowned, their bodies lost at sea.
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