Lewis Oscar McIntosh
Private Lewis O. McIntosh served with Charlie Company, First Battalion, 25th Marines.
He was killed in action at Saipan on 4 July 1944.
Branch
Marine Corps Regular
Service Number 409741
Current Status
ACCOUNTED FOR
as of 1 May 2024
Recovery Organization
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Capsule History
Pre-War Life
Birth
September 20, 1923
at Ninety Six, SC
Parents
Everett Ernest McIntosh (d. 1942)
Clara (Davis) McIntosh
Education
Details unknown
Occupation & Employer
Spinning department
Ninety Six Mill
Service Life
Entered Service
July 17, 1942
at Savannah, GA
Home Of Record
105 Cothran Street
Ninety Six, SC
Next Of Kin
Mother, Mrs. Clara D. McIntosh
Military Specialty
Rifleman
Primary Unit
C/1/25th Marines
Campaigns Served
Saipan
Individual Decorations
Purple Heart
Additional Service Details
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Loss And Burial
Circumstances Of Loss
Lewis McIntosh enlisted in the Marine Corps in the summer of 1942, and spent his first year of service with the 13th Defense Battalion at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In October 1943, he was reassigned to the 25th Marines at Camp Pendleton, California – but went absent over leave within a few days. McIntosh was finally apprehended in Phoenix, Arizona, and sent back to Charlie Company, 1/25th Marines, in the spring of 1944.
Private McIntosh went into combat on 15 June 1944, as part of the invasion force tasked with taking the island of Saipan. He was killed there on 4 July 1944. Military records contain no specifics about his final moments or burial, other than to say “whereabouts of remains unknown.”
Burial Information or Disposition
None reported; burial details unknown.
The DPAA announced that Private McIntosh was accounted for on 1 May 2024. More information about his case is forthcoming.
Memorials
Next Of Kin Address
Address of mother, Mrs. Clara McIntosh.
Location Of Loss
Private McIntosh was killed in action at an unspecified location on Saipan.
