USMC World War II
PFC Mervel C Atkinson KIA during battle of Guadalcanal Solomon Is, December 8, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brighton, Alabama
Mother, Mrs. Roxie Atkinson
Serial: 321834
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
1/2 was reactivated in June 1942 deployed to the Pacific theater of World War II.
On 7 December, one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, General Vandegrift sent a message to all men under his command in the Guadalcanal area thanking them for their courage and steadfastness. General Patch received a steady stream of ground reinforcements and replacements in December. He was not ready yet to undertake a full-scale offensive until the 25th Division and the rest of the 2d Marine Division arrived, but he kept all frontline units active in combat and reconnaissance patrols, particularly toward the western flank.
PFC Mervel C Atkinson KIA during battle of Guadalcanal Solomon Is, December 8, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brighton, Alabama
Mother, Mrs. Roxie Atkinson
Serial: 321834
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
1/2 was reactivated in June 1942 deployed to the Pacific theater of World War II.
On 7 December, one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, General Vandegrift sent a message to all men under his command in the Guadalcanal area thanking them for their courage and steadfastness. General Patch received a steady stream of ground reinforcements and replacements in December. He was not ready yet to undertake a full-scale offensive until the 25th Division and the rest of the 2d Marine Division arrived, but he kept all frontline units active in combat and reconnaissance patrols, particularly toward the western flank.
USMC World War II
PFC Mervel C Atkinson KIA during battle of Guadalcanal Solomon Is, December 8, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brighton, Alabama
Mother, Mrs. Roxie Atkinson
Serial: 321834
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
1/2 was reactivated in June 1942 deployed to the Pacific theater of World War II.
On 7 December, one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, General Vandegrift sent a message to all men under his command in the Guadalcanal area thanking them for their courage and steadfastness. General Patch received a steady stream of ground reinforcements and replacements in December. He was not ready yet to undertake a full-scale offensive until the 25th Division and the rest of the 2d Marine Division arrived, but he kept all frontline units active in combat and reconnaissance patrols, particularly toward the western flank.
PFC Mervel C Atkinson KIA during battle of Guadalcanal Solomon Is, December 8, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brighton, Alabama
Mother, Mrs. Roxie Atkinson
Serial: 321834
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
1/2 was reactivated in June 1942 deployed to the Pacific theater of World War II.
On 7 December, one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, General Vandegrift sent a message to all men under his command in the Guadalcanal area thanking them for their courage and steadfastness. General Patch received a steady stream of ground reinforcements and replacements in December. He was not ready yet to undertake a full-scale offensive until the 25th Division and the rest of the 2d Marine Division arrived, but he kept all frontline units active in combat and reconnaissance patrols, particularly toward the western flank.
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Entered the service from Alabama.
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