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Day is done, Gone the sun,
From the lakes, From the hills,
From the sky, All is well.
Safely rest. God is high

Story Behind Taps

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD A PERSONAL

TRIBUTE TO ANY OF OUR DECEASED ECHO CO MARINES,

PLEASE EMAIL WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY TO TROY.(e27gunner@gmail.com)

  

They shall not grow old;

As we that remain grow old.

Age shall not weary them;

Nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun;

And in the morning;

We will remember them.

 ~ Thanks Troy

Deceased E-2-7 Marines that served together in Korea 1950-1953

"IN HONOR OF OUR MARINE BUDDIES WHO WERE KIA AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO STILL SUFFER THEIR LOSS"

► E27 Marines-Korea thanks Pamela Jeans for her assistance in furnishing the names of many of the KIA Marines listed below.

Name Rank Serial No City/State Date of Death Cause of Death
Adams, Robert Wayne PFC 1076735 Bakersfield, CA November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Allen, Leon Jack PFC 1063275   November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Alvarado, Richard Luna PFC 1107668 San Antonio, TX November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Babasa, Raul B.         Killed in Action
Bailey, Clarence M. PFC 1336454 Hurt, VA August 28, 1953 Killed in Action
Ball, Raymond Orval 1LT 047727 Copley, OH November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Benzoni, Cesar Ignacio PFC 1107023 San Antonio, TX November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Blacksmith, Tilmer Henry PFC 1293638 Oglala, Shannon Cty, SD July 8, 1953 Killed in Action
Boehme, Richard Frederick J. Jr. SGT 624715 Middletown, RI November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Bovensiepen, Paul Hugo CPL 1068288 Roseland, NJ November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Bowden, William Everett PFC 1057502 Salem, OR April 24, 1951 Killed in Action
Bowyer, John David CPL 1172258 Kingsport, TN January 16, 1952 Killed in Action
Brandner, Charles Nelson PFC 1036733 Bayonne, NJ December 1, 1950 Killed in Action
Brandt, William Eugene CPL 656901 St Paul, MN November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Brizius, Martin Craig PFC 1087899 Evansville, IN March 9, 1951 Died of Wounds
Brooks, Robert Gene PFC 1215216 Union, SC September 18, 1952 Killed in Action
Caddell, James Dickinson PFC 1200514 La Porte, IN July 6, 1952 Killed in Action
Campo, Joseph Salvatore PFC 1136168 Whitestone, NY June 12, 1951 Killed in Action
Carrasco, Jesus R.         Killed in Action
Castille, Felix Alfred PFC 1093884 Sunset, LA March 8, 1951 Killed in Action
Churchill, Robert Arnold CPL 574874 Irving, TX March 8, 1951 Killed in Action
Clark, Thomas Leroy CPL 1049440 Chicago, IL December 6, 1950 Killed in Action
Collins, Calvin Robert PFC 1095920 Baltimore, MD March 6, 1951 Killed in Action
Connolly, Gerald John CPL 1065764 Council Bluffs, IA November 3, 1950 Killed in Action
Cunningham, Alfred Hugh CPL 625959 El Dorado, KS November 29, 1950 Killed in Action
Dawkins, Willie L. PFC 1292198 Charlotte, NC July 20, 1953 Killed in Action
Dent, Albert Frank PFC 1040793 Washington, DC November 28, 1950 Killed in Action
Fitzgerald, Ernest Jr. PFC 1118426 Houston, TX December 3, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Estwick, Thomas Carl CPL 1035521 Dover, NJ December 3, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Flora, Charles Kenneth PFC 1215996 Williamsport, MD July 5, 1952 Killed in Action
Fuka, Richard Otto PFC 637292 Berwyn, IL November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Garman, Donald Eugene PFC 1114139 Burlington, IA November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Goudelock, Felix William Jr. 2LT 050943 Columbia, SC February 2, 1951 Died of Wounds
Griffin, Richard John CPL 1137827 Hopedale, MA June 16, 1951 Died of Wounds
Gross, Lawrence Leo SGT 1049376 Chicago, IL November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Henkenius, Leo Joseph PFC 1063789 Fort Wayne, IN November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Houck, Jack Allen SGT 619507 Cleveland, OH February 1, 1951 Killed in Action
Hubbard, Raymond C.         Killed in Action
Keeth, Paul Ottis PFC 1116221 Chester, PA November 3, 1950 Killed in Action
Kennedy, George Quinton PFC 1059639 Roseburg, OR April 24, 1951 Killed in Action
Knott, Walter Dean PFC 1057757 Spokane, WA November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Krueger, Robert Carl PFC 1109815 Rockford, IL June 9, 1951 Died of Wounds
Labogen, Jimmie Dancel PFC 1217339 Kilauea, HI July 25, 1952 Died of Wounds
Lee, Wilford Homer PFC 1297681 Kansas City, MO November 8, 1952 Killed in Action
Lenon, Guss Ronald PFC 1065704 Omaha, NE November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Lockhart, Jimmie Ermia PFC 1223720 San Francisco, CA September 12, 1952 Died of Wounds
Lopez, Alfonso E         Killed in Action
Maldonado, Cortada Rafael PFC 1259334 San Juan, PR October 2, 1952 Killed in Action
Lundberg, Warren Arthur CPL 1047230 West St Paul, MN November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Lunsford, Ronald "DL" PFC     May 28, 1951 Killed in Action
Mac Askill, Malcolm Angus PFC 1213016 Detroit, MI July 5, 1952 Killed in Action
Marino, William John CPL 669519 New York, NY May 28, 1951 Killed in Action
Materne, Lafe Henry PFC 1057782 Spokane, WA March 8, 1951 Killed in Action
Matthews, Merlin "Matt"          
Mays, Edwin D. PVT 1333813 Oklahoma City, OK April 25, 1953 Killed in Action
McAfee, Johnson "George" Jr.         Killed in Action
McClellan, Thomas Pulliam Jr. CPL 615440 Austin, TX November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
McKenna, Robert James PFC 1037485 Mckeesport, PA November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Medas, Albert Jr. CPL 1253057 New Haven, CT September 1, 1953 Died of Wounds
Medlin, Billie Joe PFC 658783 Sadler, TX April 10, 1951 Killed in Action
Mills, Robert John PFC 1035051 Brooklyn, NY May 28, 1951 Killed in Action
Monaco, Peter       1952 Killed in Action
Moreno, Manuel H         Killed in Action
Mryncza, Leo Walter PFC 650281 Baltimore, MD November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Nelson, Walter Lewis CPL 1123012 Montclair, NJ September 12, 1951 Killed in Action
Nickles, Richard L         Killed in Action
Passero, Guerino Jr. PFC 606171 Trinidad, CO March 8, 1951 Killed in Action
Perugini, Thomas SGT     March, 29 1953 Killed in Action - Vegas Hill, Korea
Phillips, Charles Albert PFC 1201892 Carlsbad, NM September 6, 1952 Killed in Action
Phillips, Lee Hugh CPL 654797 Atlanta, GA November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Phillips, Walter Dixon Jr. CAPT 031052 Augusta, GA November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Plato, Robert Dixon CPL 870634 Oklahoma City, OK November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Poisson, Herman Aloysius CPL 1197311 Hubbell, MI October 16, 1952 Killed in Action
Rucki, Emil John PFC 1254574 Plainfield, NJ September 29, 1952 Killed in Action
Phillips, Charles       September 6, 1952 Killed in Action
Possion, Herman       October 16, 1952 Killed in Action
Powell, Arthur Duane PFC 1063118 Toledo, OH November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Ramirez, Emilio A         Killed in Action
Raspanti, Robert John CPL 1061230 Rochester, NY March 8, 1951 Killed in Action
Rawlings, Frank Lee CPL 1106874 Norfolk, VA May 13, 1952 Killed in Action
Regan, John Lynn PFC 1036364 Albany, NY March 8, 1951 Killed in Action
Ricci, Sirio Angelo       March 1953 Killed in Action
Robertson, Corbett B         Killed in Action
Rogalla, Albert Jerome CPL 1174552 St Paul, MN January 18, 1952 Killed in Action
Rogers, Joseph Lee PFC 1119424 Versailles, KY June 16, 1951 Died of Wounds
Rogers, Warren W         Killed in Action
Russell, Clifford Vernon CPL 618689 Oklahoma City, OK May 28, 1951 Killed in Action
Russell, Louis Edward PFC 1276986 Mt Vernon, IN September 9, 1952 Killed in Action
Ryan, William H. CPL 1116413 Detroit, MI April 10, 1953 Killed in Action
Salaices, Carlos Luis CPL 575019 El Paso, TX June 12, 1951 Killed in Action
Schaeffer, Malcolm J         Killed in Action
Schmid, Walter D. CPL 1175778 Chicago, IL April 9, 1953 Killed in Action
Schuckman, Richard Fred CPL 1180348 Quincy, IL May 13, 1952 Killed in Action
Schuster, Clarence Leo PFC 1248212 Wakeeney, KS October 26, 1952 Killed in Action
Sevey, Dean H. PFC 1281314 Watertown, NY April 9, 1953 Killed in Action
Shropshire, Arthur J. 1LT 040244 Peru, IN September 29, 1950 Killed in Action
Sikes, Jackie Page PFC 668012 High Point, NC November 28, 1950 Killed in Action
Silk, James Richard PFC 1177881 Woodside, NY December 6, 1951 Killed in Action
Singer, George Alfred Jr. 2LT 053098 Cleveland, OH October 17, 1951 Killed in Action
Smith, Donald L. PFC 1338057 New York, NY April 9, 1953 Killed in Action
Solberg, Raymond Curtis PFC 346215 Minneapolis, MN November 27, 1950 Killed in Action
Spearman, Harry Lawrence CPL 634363 Sunbury, OH October 23, 1951 Killed in Action
Srebroski, Joseph Leonard PFC 1115168 Baltimore, MD December 6, 1951 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Thorn, Edward Edvert PFC 1110969 Baltimore, MD November 29, 1950 Killed in Action
Tirado-Gacia, Jose M. PFC 1259446 Manati, PR October 26, 1952 Killed in Action
Toma, Daniel Takashi PFC 1245064 Waipahu, HI October 12, 1952 Died of Wounds
Urbalejo, Antonio Y         Killed in Action
Valenzuela, Joe Mascareno PFC 1052533 Tucson, AZ November 27, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Vandenhende, Gerald Francis CPL 1107234 Tulsa, OK September 12, 1951 Killed in Action
Veit, Freddie Joe PFC 1046773 Corpus Christi, TX November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Voorhees, William Robert PFC 1047821 Toledo, OH November 28, 1950 Killed in Action
White, William 2nd Lt     March 29, 1953 Killed in Action - VEGAS
Willhite, Frank Bud CPL 499525 Asheboro, NC May 28, 1951 Killed in Action
Williams, Grover Lois CPL 593728 Walkerton, IN November 28, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Williams, Ronald Duane PFC 1114022 Cleveland, OH December 3, 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Woodring, Elmer James Jr. PFC 1038435 Altoona, PA January 29, 1951 Died of Wounds
Yellen, John Paul PFC 1063704 St Louis, MO December 1, 1950 Died of Wounds
           
           
Andrews, Clarence Nov. 5, 2005 HUTCHISON, Hoyt S. SELLERS, Louis  
BARKER, Gordon F. ANNIS Theodore J. SHAW, Charles (Jan. 06, 2007)  
BLANK, John M. (1985) KASHORK, Arthur C. SHERLOCK, Melvin  
BURDICK, William D. KEINATH, Charles W. SIMMONS, John  
BALDRIDGE, Guy Sgt. (1989) KINDT, Glenn John SITTON,  Charles  
BRINLEE, Henry (8-15-07) KIRK, Donald Francis (D) USN URBAN, Robert J.  
  KUHN, John VIRILI, Morris (Aug. 2004 Gunny Sgt 51-52)  
CAMPBELL, Clair LANDER, Richard (3-9-2005) YOUNG, Don  
CHALCRAFT, Walter (2004) LAWHORN, Haskil (Sept 2004)    
CHAMBERS, William

LEACH, Ronald F. (Sept. 2005)

 ZERINGUE, Stanley  
DAY, Bennie E  (2004) MARKUSKI, Victor (1989)    
DOLLOFF, Robert F.(2005) Lt.Col. Embree MAXSON, Oct. 2004, E Company C. O. 51-52  SCHLEI, William O. (Willie) August 16, 1996  
EVANS, Mike (Jan 03) McCARDELL, THEODORE (Sept. 2004)     
FANIC, Earl T. Jr. McCORMACK, James F.    
FLORES, James McGUIRE, Donald    

FOSTER, George (2003)

 McNIERNEY, Robert Joseph Jr.    
GALAN, Henry  (2003) MEEK, Phillip E.    
GATES, Gail E. MIDDLETON, A.U.    
GAUVIN, Henry P NOBLE, James (KELLY)    
GOICK, Eugene, SGT NUE, RUBEN (2001)    
GRAY, Charles R. (2004) OLEY, Matt    
HAMRICK, Charles R.  OLSON, Gordon    
HAUSER, Emil W. MSgt POLEN, Homer    
HAYMON, Richard

POWERS, Darrell

   
HILLGRUBE, SAM 06/07/07 PROIETTI, Dan (Jan. 16, 2005)    
HOULIHAN, Thomas RICE, Robert (USN)    
HURT, Toulman W. Jr. ROLL, Vernon    

With great sadness, I have to report the death of one of our E 2 7 brothers. Henry (Hank) Brinlee passed away Wednesday 15 August, 2007. Two months ago, he attended our reunion in DC. Hank was one helluva great guy and I think he made every reunion we had. He was a machine gunner in Korea and probably left not too long after I got there. I'll deeply miss the little guy but he was one damned big Marine. When I get more info, I'll send it.    Semper Fi, Troy

 

MATTHEWS, Merlin "Matt", Captain

Matt" was Company CO.. WIA in March & June '51

 

OISTAD, JOE

DECEASED MONDAY, 7 FEB., 2005.  JOE WAS A CORPSMAN WITH EASY CO DURING THE VEGAS-CARSON CAMPAIGNS AND DOZENS OF RECON/COMBAT PATROLS IN 53.  From:  HMCS Bill Sanders, USN/Ret. 12 Feb. 2005-----It's strange how things and names gets pushed aside as time moves on.  I remember the day that Joe came up to Easy Co.  We were on hill 229 and some of the corpsmen were being rotated back to Bn Aid Station.  I didn't have enough seniority to go back so I was promoted to senior corpsman and moved up to the Company CP area.  Joe came up with another Corpsman whose name was Macasland (I think).  Seems that I remember Joe going to the 3rd plt (machine guns) and Macasland to the 2nd plt.  May be wrong about the plt assignments, but I distinctly remember Joe. After Vegas and Carson, Joe and I both went back to Bn Aid Sta.  and he relieved me as Bn medical supply man. He was one of the most gentle persons I had ever met. I often wondered what ever happened to him.  He was one fine individual.  It always made me feel better just to be around him. I'm sorry to hear of his death. My heart goes out to his family.

Semper Fi -HMCS Bill Sanders bsandusn@hotmail.com

 

PHILLIPS, CHARLES

KIA ON RENO SEPT 6, 1952.   AFTER A RAID ON A CHINESE-HELD OUTPOST ON JULY 4TH. 1952, I HAD BEEN KNOCKED UNCONCIOUS BY A CONCUSSION GRENADE AND CHARLES CAME BACK UP THE HILL, PICKED ME UP AND CARRIED ME MOST OF THE WAY DOWN - I OWE HIM MY LIFE -. TROY WATSON

 

POISSON, HERMAN (KIA, Oct. 16, 1952)
 

Cpl. Herman A. Poisson, U.S. M.C., 20 years old, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred
Poisson, well known Hubbell residents, was killed in action in Korea on October 16, in the performance of his duty and service to his country, according to a telegram
received by his parents Monday afternoon.
 

Cpl. Poisson enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on July 3, 1951, in Milwaukee. He
received his basic training in San Diego and left in February for Korea. He was born
in Hubbell on June 28, 1932, and attended the local schools. He was made a member,
posthumously, of Copper Ingot Post No. 4624, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Hubbell.
 
Besides his parents, he is survived by five sisters and four brothers:
 
Mrs. Bernadette Genovesi, Mrs. Marie Stevens and Mrs. Dolores Bastian of Hubbell;
Mrs. Patricia Arens of Hancock and Antoinette at home; Joseph of Detroit, Cpl. Francis
Poisson U.S. Army in Hanau, Germany, Jerome and Robert at home. Also surviving
are 12 nieces and nephews.  Herman was the fourth son to serve his country.
(I knew Herman as "POISSON" and thought the world of him. He was a damned good Person/Marine and he was mourned by all of his comrades-Troy )

 

RICCI, SIRIO ANGELO (KIA MARCH 1953 ON VEGAS)

SI HAD BEEN ON LINES AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO ASCOM CITY.  HE RAISED HELL BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE WITH HIS BUDDIES AND WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO EASY CO. HE WON A SILVER STAR AND IS MOURNED CONTINUALLY BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. 

 

SCHUCKMAN, RICHARD

WON A SILVER STAR -SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NAVY CROSS -WHILE DEFENDING OUTPOST WHITE - WHERE HE WAS KIA MAY 13, 1952

 
WESTA, Gilbert, Plt Leader, (Jan. 28, 1988)

WIA in April & June...Awarded Silver Star...28 May '51...Died of cancer...1/28/88


 

Family Members with addresses of Deceased E-2-7 Marines

 

Name Address Phone E-Mail
Walter Chalcraft:   Chalcraft, Pat (wife)    1770 Pariwinkle Circle S.E., Albany, OR 97322 (541) 924-5680 chalcraft@aol.com
Bobby Mills (KIA-May 51: Dillon, Diana (Sister) 31 Beaverbrook Drive, Toms River, NJ08757 (732} 818-8072 smallworld863@comcast

FLORES, James (Easy Co Commander mid 52) Wife:  FLORES, Charlotte

801 Pine Shores Circle, New Smyma Beach, FL  32168-6178 (386) 428-5778 Char628@msn.com

FOSTER, George: Wife FOSTER, Marilyn 

P.O. Box 591, Bouse, AZ 85325   

(928) 851-0043  
Daughter: LILLEY, Angela

631 Hickory Nut Road, Linden, VA 22642

 (540) 622-2274 lillhauler@lillhauler.com

HAMRICK, Charles Wife: HAMRICK, Mary Ann

9771 Sunrise Blvd #2, North Royalton, OH 44133

 (440) 237-1351  
LANDER, Richard, Deceased March 9th, 2005

WIFE: KATHY LANDER

4347 Old Oak Ln

Mariposa, CA 95338

209 966 6423

 

  

LAWHORN, Haskill Wife:

Mabel Lawhorn

 220 Melrose Ave. Ormond Beach, FL 32174-5258 (286) 672-1059  

MARKUSKI, Victor

Son: MARKUSKI, Peter

2421 Fox Creek Lane, Davidsonville, MD 21035-1152

 (410) 721-3028 VPMarkuski@gbmlawfirm

MC GUIRE, Don  - E CO C. O.   (Easy Co Commander late 52)                           Wife: MC GUIRE, Doris                                   

29 Crystal River Drive, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

 (321) 783-3967  

GRAY,Charles                                Daughter: MORRILL, Linda

1143 Espon Oaks Way, Orlando, FL 32837

   linda.morrill@navy.mil

NOBLE, jAMES (KELLY) SON: SEAN NOBLE

 5249 N CANFIELD AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60656     djpro@capital.net
PROIETTI, Dan Wife: Jean

258 Middle Rd

Crown Point, NY 12928

 (518) 597 3499  

SELLERS, Louis (Easy Co machine Gunner 1952) Wife: SELLERS, Erma

1017 8th Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601

 (337) 433-4036  

KINDT, Glenn J  (Easy Co machine Gunner 51/52)Daughter:   STREIT, Julie                                 

55088 – 100th. Street, Amboy, MN 56010

 (507) 674-3305 jjstreit@hickorytech.net

YOUNG, Don, Wife: YOUNG, Beatrice

2072 E. 18th, San Bernardino, CA 92404

(909) 862-5828 

 byoungtax@aol.com
       
       

  

          

Please send me the names and next of kin/addresses of any Easy Co Marines that are deceased, even KIA and I will see that they are enshrined and honored on our Easy Co. Website.  The more info/Marine pictures of him you can send, the better, if you have them. 

TROY S. WATSON

5705 HARVEST HILL TS #1029

DALLAS, TX 75230

e27gunner@gmail.com

 

God Bless America
Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas
   Often Tested,  Always Faithful,  Brothers Forever.
United States Marines
  

 

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