USMC World War II
Cpl Leo M. Brzuchalski KIA Solomon Is, August 7, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brunswick, Missouri
Mother Mrs. Anna F. Brzuchalski
service# 260785
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 1st Parachute Battalion was attached to the 1st Marine Division for the invasion of Guadalcanal. The unit departed Norfolk, Virginia on 10 June 1942 aboard the stores ship USS Mizar arriving at Wellington, New Zealand 11 July 1942. On 7 August 1942 the unit conducted an amphibious assault on the small island of Gavutu.
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
Cpl Leo M. Brzuchalski KIA Solomon Is, August 7, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brunswick, Missouri
Mother Mrs. Anna F. Brzuchalski
service# 260785
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 1st Parachute Battalion was attached to the 1st Marine Division for the invasion of Guadalcanal. The unit departed Norfolk, Virginia on 10 June 1942 aboard the stores ship USS Mizar arriving at Wellington, New Zealand 11 July 1942. On 7 August 1942 the unit conducted an amphibious assault on the small island of Gavutu.
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
USMC World War II
Cpl Leo M. Brzuchalski KIA Solomon Is, August 7, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brunswick, Missouri
Mother Mrs. Anna F. Brzuchalski
service# 260785
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 1st Parachute Battalion was attached to the 1st Marine Division for the invasion of Guadalcanal. The unit departed Norfolk, Virginia on 10 June 1942 aboard the stores ship USS Mizar arriving at Wellington, New Zealand 11 July 1942. On 7 August 1942 the unit conducted an amphibious assault on the small island of Gavutu.
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
Cpl Leo M. Brzuchalski KIA Solomon Is, August 7, 1942
Unit Company B, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Brunswick, Missouri
Mother Mrs. Anna F. Brzuchalski
service# 260785
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The 1st Parachute Battalion was attached to the 1st Marine Division for the invasion of Guadalcanal. The unit departed Norfolk, Virginia on 10 June 1942 aboard the stores ship USS Mizar arriving at Wellington, New Zealand 11 July 1942. On 7 August 1942 the unit conducted an amphibious assault on the small island of Gavutu.
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
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