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NAME Hobart McKinley Fiscus, Jr. |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 302431 |
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| UNIT Company C First Battalion 8th Marines |
HOME OF RECORD 10120 NW St. Helens Road, Portland, OR |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Hobart & Genevieve Fiscus |
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| DATE OF BIRTH 1923 |
ENTERED SERVICE November 22, 1940 |
DATE OF LOSS January 13, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 13 January 1943, the First Battalion, 8th Marines launched an offensive along the north coast of the island. During the course of the day, they encountered numerous well-armed Japanese troops in ravines and fortified positions. Company C made little headway against a stubbornly defended ravine, and lost two men killed in action – Platoon Sergeant Harold Drain at 0600, and Pvt. Hobart M. Fiscus at 1100. Both Marines were buried in the field. Drain’s grave was found in 1945, but Fiscus was not so fortunate. His remains, if recovered from Guadalcanal, have never been identified. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private |
STATUS OF REMAINS Buried in the field; not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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