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NAME James Coleman Wiseman |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 306480 |
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| UNIT Company E Second Battalion 2nd Marines |
HOME OF RECORD Madisonville, TN |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs Martha J. Wiseman |
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| DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1921 |
ENTERED SERVICE April 18, 1941 |
DATE OF LOSS December 27, 1942 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS PFC James C. Wiseman served with Company E, 2nd Marines during the Guadalcanal campaign. On 27 December 1942, the Second Battalion, 2nd Marines sent out a trio of platoon-sized combat patrols to scout Japanese positions along the north coast of Guadalcanal. First contact was made within fifteen minutes, and a “desultory” firefight escalated into a “very sharp skirmish” by the early afternoon. When orders came to withdraw, however, many of the Marine dead were left behind. PFC Wiseman was killed by gunshot wounds in the abdomen during the day’s fighting. His body could not be recovered from the field. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not Recovered. |
MEMORIALS AS MANY LINKS AS NECESSARY |
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