NAME Patrick Quinn |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 376266 |
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UNIT Company E Second Battalion 8th Marines |
HOME OF RECORD 107 Chestnut Street, Scranton, PA |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Kathryn DiBlasi |
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DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1921 |
ENTERED SERVICE February 12, 1942 |
DATE OF LOSS November 22, 1942 |
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REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private Patrick Quinn served with Company E, 8th Marines during the Guadalcanal campaign. On 22 November 1942, units of the Army’s Americal Division and the 8th Marines began a series of frontal attacks on a string of hills along the north coast of Guadalcanal. Steep ravines, bare ridges, and tenacious Japanese resistance thwarted the Americans, and after 48 hours the operation was called off. Nearly 40 members of the 8th Marines lost their lives in the futile assault.* One of their number was Private Quinn, who was reportedly buried in the field on 22 November 1942. The location of his grave is not known, and his remains have not been recovered or identified. |
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INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private |
STATUS OF REMAINS Buried in the field. |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
* Note: Official sources and several histories report that the 8th Marines suffered nine fatal casualties. However, this number only accounts for those Marines who were buried in the island cemetery. It excludes fully 29 men who were reported missing in action or buried in the field.
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