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Ben Squires McDonald

Birth	:	24 Jan 1914
Death	:	3 Mar 1945
Burial	:	Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9953003, -92.4492035
Plot	:	Prospect Hill-Lot 355
Description	:	PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II Ben Squires McDonald enlisted in the Marine Corps 7 September 1942 from Ottumwa Iowa. Qualified as a Rifle Sharpshooter and completed recruit training in the 11th Recruit Training Battalion, MCB San Diego. Assigned to the 155mm Artillery Group, 10th Defense Battalion, MCB Camp Elliott CA. 22 January 1943 promoted to Private First Class. January 1943 left San Diego for the pacific. February 1943 arrived at Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. April 1943 Tulagi moved to Banika Russell Islands. 1 - 2 October 1943 assigned Casual Battalion, IMAC, New Calidonia. 3 October 1943 assigned as... Read More	PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II Ben Squires McDonald enlisted in the Marine Corps 7 September 1942 from Ottumwa Iowa. Qualified as a Rifle Sharpshooter and completed recruit training in the 11th Recruit Training Battalion, MCB San Diego. Assigned to the 155mm Artillery Group, 10th Defense Battalion, MCB Camp Elliott CA. 22 January 1943 promoted to Private First Class. January 1943 left San Diego for the pacific. February 1943 arrived at Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. April 1943 Tulagi moved to Banika Russell Islands. 1 - 2 October 1943 assigned Casual Battalion, IMAC, New Calidonia. 3 October 1943 assigned as a Clerk in US Navy Mobile Hospital # 5, New Caledonia. 11 January 1944 arrived at San Franciso via USS General John Pope (AP-110) and attached to the US Naval Hospital at Oakland CA. March 1944 assigned to A Company, Infantry Training Battalion, MCB Camp Elliot, CA. 8 April 1944 assigned F Company in the same training battalion at MCB Camp Elliott CA. June 1944 designated Rifleman (MOS 745) and shipped overseas in the 62nd Replacement Battalion to Hawaii. Assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division on the island of Maui. 10 January, 1945 left Maui embarked on Navy transport ship. 3-17 January, 1945 landing rehearsals in the Hawaiian Islands. 18-27 January, 1945 in Pearl Harbor. 27 January, 1945 left Pearl Harbor for the invasion of Iwo Jima. 13-16 February, 1945 rehearsals off Tinian. 19 February 1945 landed on Yellow Beach One, Iwo Jima during the D-Day operations and participated in combat operations until Killed in Action on 3 March 1945. Next of Kin: Daughter, Miss Marilyn Joan McDonald, Care of Marion E Eilliott, 411 East 2nd Street, Ottumwa, Iowa. Mother, Emma Fern McDonald Johnson. Initially buried in the 4th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima. 1948 returned to US for permanent burial in Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa Iowa.

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Ben Squires McDonald's memorial is located at: Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA.
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Ben Squires McDonald death on 3 Mar 1945 in
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Latitude: 40.9953003
Longitude: -92.4492035

Family Members:

Parent

Emma Firn McDonald Squires Johnson

(1893 - 1975)

Siblings

George LeRoy McDonald

(1909 - 1975)

John H McDonald

(1912 - 1972)

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