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NAME John Albert Harley |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 2835446 |
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| UNIT Headquarters Company Second Battalion 2nd Marines Corpsman |
HOME OF RECORD 424 East Burcyrus Street, Crestline, OH |
NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Clarence Harley |
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| DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1922 |
ENTERED SERVICE April 28, 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 Pharmacist’s Mate John A. Harley served as a medical corpsman with the Second Battalion, 2nd Marines, during the battle of Guadalcanal. On 27 December 1942, 2/2nd 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 American dead were left behind – including Corpsman Harley. He remains unaccounted for. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Pharmacist’s Mate, Third Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not Recovered |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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