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Parris Island 1948

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Entry: 5052 PARRIS ISLAND 1948

ERIC PEARSON wrote on September 27, 2005


Comments:

let me hear from anyone there at that time!




Entry: 1986 PARRIS ISLAND 1948

PFC ALBERT RANDOLPH SAMPSON WILBANKS wrote on March 15, 2004


Comments:

MY BROTHER WAS AT PARRIS ISLAND S,C SEP 1948 I KNOW ITS BEEN MANY YEARS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THEIR AT THAT TIME HE LEFT FOR BARSTOW. CALIF,OCT 21 1949 ON JULY 12 1950 HE EMBARKED ON BOARD THE USS PICKWAY APA 222 AT SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA DEPARTED JULY 195O ARRIVED AT PUSAN. KOREA AUG 3 1950 ON USNS MUELLER AT PURSAN KOREA DEPARTED AUG 15 1950 ARRIVED AT FUKUOKA JAPANE AUG 16 1950 HE WAS KILLED SEP 24 1950 I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND INCHON.KOREA WE WERE SEPARATED AT BIRTH I DIDNT FIND OUT ABOUT HIM UNTILL 1954 I DO HAVE SOME OF HIS RECORDS BUT SOME OF THE DATES JUST DONT ADD UP ONE SAYS THE DATE OF HIS DEATH SAID SEP 27 THEN THEY CHANGE IT TO SEP 24 1950 HE WAS BURIED AT THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION CEMTERY IN INCHON KOREA HIS BODY IS BACK IN THE STATES NOW BUT I COULD NEVER BE SURE ITS HIM I KNOW ITS A LOT OF YEARS THATS GONE BY SINCE 1948 FOR THE ONES THAT WAS AT PARRIS ISLAND BUT ITS WORTH A TRY HIS COMPANY WAS H CO 3 BN 5 MAR RGT 1 MAR DIV THEY CALLED HIM AL\ HE ALSO HAD A TATTOO; DAGGER THRU HEART WITH ALL LT FOREAM. ALSO TATTOO; WITH WOMEN AND SNAKE RT FOEARM. MAYBE THAT WILL HELP FOR ALL YOU GUYS THAT SERVED THAT COUNTRY I WANT TO SAY THANKS YOU AND FOR THE ONES THAT DIDNT MAKE IT HOME MY LOVE AND PRAYERS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH THE FAMILY




Entry: 1707 PARRIS ISLAND 1948

RICHARD ANDERSON SUAREZ wrote on April 28, 2003


Comments:

HOW DID SOME OF YOU GUYS GET SO LUCKY?????????????? BEST RICK SUAREZ I-3-7 KO CF 50/51




Entry: 1706 PARRIS ISLAND 1948

RICHARD ANDERSON SUAREZ wrote on April 28, 2003


Comments:

HOW DID SOME OF YOU GUYS GET SO LUCKY?????????????? BEST RICK SUAREZ I-3-7 KO CF 50/51






Dedicated To - Arthur Donald DeLacy - 1st Lieutenant - USMCR - MIA POW - 10/07/1951 - Heartbreak Ridge