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1ST BATTALION - 6TH MARINE REGIMENT - 2ND MARINE DIVISION - FMF

WWII PHOTOGRAPHS

FROM THE CLIFFORD W. BURTON COLLECTION

COURTESY OF MS. NANCY VETTER

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 1ST BN 6TH MARINES IN NEW ZEALAND - CIRCA 1943

NAMES BY NUMBER

ROW 1	ROW 2	ROW 3	ROW 4
01. Orvin W. Cunningham, Corp 02. James C. Weber, Corp 03. Francis M. Boggs, Corp 04. Robert 0. Clements, PFC 05. Clarence Blankenship, Corp 06. Glen R. Smith, Corp 07. Walter A. Chambers, Sgt. 08. Bedford Brown, Lt. 09. James R. Fincke, Lt. 10. Richard J. Webber, Lt. Sr. Grade USN 11. D.E. Agnew, Capt. 12. William 0. Deffinger, Lt. Sr. Grade USN 13. Berthold O. Fay, Lt. 14. Carl A. DoIl, Lt. 15. Poland, PFC 16. Frank D. Pete, PFC (Navajo Code Talker) 17. William D. Guynes (sp), Corp 18. Theodore A. Hansen, Corp 19. Clifton E. Calvert, Corp 20. Jack W. Langston, Corp	21. Clinton A. Lowthers, 1st Sgt 22. George H. White, PM3c 23. Woody (sp) Newton, PFC 24. Arthur G.Kirchhoefer, Corp 25. Orville S. Whitney, Corp 26. Lewis K. McGoughy (sp), Corp 27. Thomas Price Jr. PhMlc 28. Clifford W. Burton, Corp 29. Luther Cox Jr., Corp 30. Vernon Evans, Corp 31. Robert F. Murray, Sgt 32. John J. Dulougsh, PFC 33. Conway, PFC 34. D. V. Dickie, PFC 35. John D. Walter, PFC 36. Page Warren, Tech Sgt 37. Thomas Borman, Platoon Sgt 38. John F. Campbell, PFC 39. Albert LaVictorie, PFC 40. James H. Powles, HA1c 41. Fred E. Kathan, PhMlc	42. Eldon Lockwood, PhMlc 43. James Hamilton, PhM3c 44. Everett S. Bailey, HA1c 45. Wayne G. Rhodes, PhM3c 46. John Kenneth Hildebrand, PhM2c 47. William C. Omstead, PhM3c 48. Jack G. Stoltenberg, PhM3c 49. Charles J. McCullough, HA1c 50. Arthur Robinson, PhMlc 51. Raymond Elders, PhM1 c 52. Lloyd J. Poissenot, PhM2c 53. Paul E. Schaff, PhM1 c 54. Carl J. Meridith Jr., PhM2c 55. Herman Burke, PFC 56. Ralph E. Westerfer, Sgt. 57. Jesse E. Ellis, Corp 58. Henry C. Coburn, PhMlc 59. Burns, Staff Sgt	60. Jirah D. Russell Jr., PhM2c 61. Clinton L. Hoatson, PhM3c 62. Norman D. Corpier, PFC 63. Clyde F. Carrington, Gy Sgt 64. Gilbert LaPorte, PhMlc 65. Wesley C. Goodall, Chief PhM 66. Charles C. Clark, PhM2c 67. William W. McGuffin, PhM2c 68. Charles E. Raynor, PFC 69. Murray H. Howell, Corp 70. Loren M. Berger, Corp 71. Carl W. Curtis, PFC 72. Jerome W. Cox, Field Cook 73. Martin J. Wisse, PhM3c 74. Charles M. Lopez, PFC 75. Milton G. Price, PhM3c 76. John Sardaggo, Tech Sgt 77. Thomas B. Rushing, PhM2c

NOTE - THE NAMES LISTED ABOVE ARE STILL BEING VERIFIED AND ARE BEING UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED

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ALL THESE MEN ARE BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE 6TH MARINE REGIMENT

FROM THE CLIFFORD W. BURTON COLLECTION

COURTESY OF MS. NANCY VETTER

ROW 1 ROW 2 ROW 3

01. Richard J. Webber M.D. - Capt. (Lt. Sr. Grade USN)
02. William 0. Deffinger M.D. - Capt. (Lt. Sr. Grade USN)
03. William K. Jones, Major (Later Lt. General USMC)
04. Russell Lloyd, Lt Col (Probably)
05. Francis X. Beamer, Major
06. David E. Agnew, Captain
07. George Azud, Lieutenant

08. Berthold O. Fay, Lieutenant
09. Marius W. Christenson, 2nd L t (Probably)
10. James R. Fincke, Lieutenant
11. Bedford "B" Brown, Lieutenant
12. Carl A. Doll, Lieutenant

NOTE: The names shown in this color are not fully verified.

13. Edward S. Yates, Corporal (Probably)
14. Stuart R. Drenning, Sgt
15. Clinton A. Lowthers, First Sergeant
16. Ervin E. La Plante, Sgt Maj (Probably)

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