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Patrick Quinn

NAME
Patrick Quinn
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
376266
UNIT
Company E
Second Battalion
8th Marines
HOME OF RECORD
107 Chestnut Street, Scranton, PA
NEXT OF KIN
Mother, Mrs. Kathryn DiBlasi
DATE OF BIRTH
March 25, 1921
ENTERED SERVICE
February 12, 1942
DATE OF LOSS
November 22, 1942
REGION
Solomon Islands
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Guadalcanal
CASUALTY TYPE
Killed In Action
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.

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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