Son of John Wesley Durham, Sr. and Martha Icelon O'Baugh.
1930 United States Federal Census (18 April 1930): Willow Springs Township, Howell County, Missouri (sheet 9A, family 194, County Road) – John W. Durham (9 Missouri).
John W. Durham, Jr. was accepted in the United States Marine Corps in Springfield Missouri. He enlisted as a Private (S/N 292394) on 21 August 1940 at DHS ORD, Kansas City, Missouri. John was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 24 August 1940 to 19 October 1940
First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines on 11 October 1940.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 19 October 1940 to 07 January 1941
Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines on 07 January 1941.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 07 January 1941 to 03 April 1941
Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. On 03 April 1941 he was transferred to an Asiatic Station for general assignment. His Company sailed from NYd, Mare Island, California on 10 April 1941 via the U.S.S. HENDERSON.
He was sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands and assigned to Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion. John was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 July 1941 to 20 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
Private John W. Durham, Jr.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Durham was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 01 January 1942 to 18 February 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private John W. Durham. He was transferred from Company K to Headquarters Company, 4th Marines on on 18 February 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 18 February 1942 to 06 May 1942
Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private/Private First Class John W. Durham. By April 1942 he was promoted to Private First Class.
On 09 April 1942, Filipino and U.S. forces on Bataan were surrendered and the Japanese were able to mass artillery for an all-out attack of the Rock from just 2 miles away.
On the night of 5-6 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Durham was among those killed in the attack. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
PFC Durham was initially listed as missing in action. It wasn't until some affidavits of his death were given by fellow Marines while they were in Cabanatuan Prison in July 1943 that he was officially listed as killed in action on 06 May 1942.
Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo, USMC, 227505, swore on 26 July 1943, that he saw the dead bodies of the following men who died on the dates noted on Corregidor Island, P.I.:
PFC John W. Durham, Jr., USMC – *5-5-42
Sgt. Paul E. Armstrong, USMC – 5-6-42
Sgt. Edward V. Foresman, USMC – 5-6-42
QM Sgt. John E. Haskin, USMC – 5-6-42
PFC Kenneth L. Jerrett, USMC – 5-6-42
Source: Affidavit of death for PFC John W. Durham, USMC, killed on Corregidor. File 558-7 1942 Death Reports, shows cause and date of death and place of burial of some cases. Reports collected in Cabanatuan POW Camp; Philippine Archives Collection.
*Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo's statement indicates that Durham was killed on 05 May 1942, his official date of death is 06 May 1942.
Private First Class John Wesley Durham is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
"Marine casualties in the defense of the Philippines totaled 72 killed in action, 17 dead of wounds, and 167 wounded in action. Worse that the casualty levels caused by combat in the Philippines was the brutal treatment of the Marines in Japanese hands. Of the 1,487 members of the 4th Marines captured on Corregidor, 474 died in captivity." Source: From Shanghai to Corregidor Marines in the Defense of the Philippines by J. Michael Miller, page 44.
1930 United States Federal Census (18 April 1930): Willow Springs Township, Howell County, Missouri (sheet 9A, family 194, County Road) – John W. Durham (9 Missouri).
John W. Durham, Jr. was accepted in the United States Marine Corps in Springfield Missouri. He enlisted as a Private (S/N 292394) on 21 August 1940 at DHS ORD, Kansas City, Missouri. John was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 24 August 1940 to 19 October 1940
First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines on 11 October 1940.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 19 October 1940 to 07 January 1941
Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines on 07 January 1941.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 07 January 1941 to 03 April 1941
Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. On 03 April 1941 he was transferred to an Asiatic Station for general assignment. His Company sailed from NYd, Mare Island, California on 10 April 1941 via the U.S.S. HENDERSON.
He was sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands and assigned to Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion. John was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 July 1941 to 20 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
Private John W. Durham, Jr.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Durham was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 01 January 1942 to 18 February 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private John W. Durham. He was transferred from Company K to Headquarters Company, 4th Marines on on 18 February 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 18 February 1942 to 06 May 1942
Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private/Private First Class John W. Durham. By April 1942 he was promoted to Private First Class.
On 09 April 1942, Filipino and U.S. forces on Bataan were surrendered and the Japanese were able to mass artillery for an all-out attack of the Rock from just 2 miles away.
On the night of 5-6 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Durham was among those killed in the attack. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
PFC Durham was initially listed as missing in action. It wasn't until some affidavits of his death were given by fellow Marines while they were in Cabanatuan Prison in July 1943 that he was officially listed as killed in action on 06 May 1942.
Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo, USMC, 227505, swore on 26 July 1943, that he saw the dead bodies of the following men who died on the dates noted on Corregidor Island, P.I.:
PFC John W. Durham, Jr., USMC – *5-5-42
Sgt. Paul E. Armstrong, USMC – 5-6-42
Sgt. Edward V. Foresman, USMC – 5-6-42
QM Sgt. John E. Haskin, USMC – 5-6-42
PFC Kenneth L. Jerrett, USMC – 5-6-42
Source: Affidavit of death for PFC John W. Durham, USMC, killed on Corregidor. File 558-7 1942 Death Reports, shows cause and date of death and place of burial of some cases. Reports collected in Cabanatuan POW Camp; Philippine Archives Collection.
*Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo's statement indicates that Durham was killed on 05 May 1942, his official date of death is 06 May 1942.
Private First Class John Wesley Durham is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
"Marine casualties in the defense of the Philippines totaled 72 killed in action, 17 dead of wounds, and 167 wounded in action. Worse that the casualty levels caused by combat in the Philippines was the brutal treatment of the Marines in Japanese hands. Of the 1,487 members of the 4th Marines captured on Corregidor, 474 died in captivity." Source: From Shanghai to Corregidor Marines in the Defense of the Philippines by J. Michael Miller, page 44.
Son of John Wesley Durham, Sr. and Martha Icelon O'Baugh.
1930 United States Federal Census (18 April 1930): Willow Springs Township, Howell County, Missouri (sheet 9A, family 194, County Road) – John W. Durham (9 Missouri).
John W. Durham, Jr. was accepted in the United States Marine Corps in Springfield Missouri. He enlisted as a Private (S/N 292394) on 21 August 1940 at DHS ORD, Kansas City, Missouri. John was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 24 August 1940 to 19 October 1940
First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines on 11 October 1940.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 19 October 1940 to 07 January 1941
Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines on 07 January 1941.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 07 January 1941 to 03 April 1941
Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. On 03 April 1941 he was transferred to an Asiatic Station for general assignment. His Company sailed from NYd, Mare Island, California on 10 April 1941 via the U.S.S. HENDERSON.
He was sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands and assigned to Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion. John was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 July 1941 to 20 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
Private John W. Durham, Jr.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Durham was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 01 January 1942 to 18 February 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private John W. Durham. He was transferred from Company K to Headquarters Company, 4th Marines on on 18 February 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 18 February 1942 to 06 May 1942
Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private/Private First Class John W. Durham. By April 1942 he was promoted to Private First Class.
On 09 April 1942, Filipino and U.S. forces on Bataan were surrendered and the Japanese were able to mass artillery for an all-out attack of the Rock from just 2 miles away.
On the night of 5-6 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Durham was among those killed in the attack. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
PFC Durham was initially listed as missing in action. It wasn't until some affidavits of his death were given by fellow Marines while they were in Cabanatuan Prison in July 1943 that he was officially listed as killed in action on 06 May 1942.
Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo, USMC, 227505, swore on 26 July 1943, that he saw the dead bodies of the following men who died on the dates noted on Corregidor Island, P.I.:
PFC John W. Durham, Jr., USMC – *5-5-42
Sgt. Paul E. Armstrong, USMC – 5-6-42
Sgt. Edward V. Foresman, USMC – 5-6-42
QM Sgt. John E. Haskin, USMC – 5-6-42
PFC Kenneth L. Jerrett, USMC – 5-6-42
Source: Affidavit of death for PFC John W. Durham, USMC, killed on Corregidor. File 558-7 1942 Death Reports, shows cause and date of death and place of burial of some cases. Reports collected in Cabanatuan POW Camp; Philippine Archives Collection.
*Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo's statement indicates that Durham was killed on 05 May 1942, his official date of death is 06 May 1942.
Private First Class John Wesley Durham is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
"Marine casualties in the defense of the Philippines totaled 72 killed in action, 17 dead of wounds, and 167 wounded in action. Worse that the casualty levels caused by combat in the Philippines was the brutal treatment of the Marines in Japanese hands. Of the 1,487 members of the 4th Marines captured on Corregidor, 474 died in captivity." Source: From Shanghai to Corregidor Marines in the Defense of the Philippines by J. Michael Miller, page 44.
1930 United States Federal Census (18 April 1930): Willow Springs Township, Howell County, Missouri (sheet 9A, family 194, County Road) – John W. Durham (9 Missouri).
John W. Durham, Jr. was accepted in the United States Marine Corps in Springfield Missouri. He enlisted as a Private (S/N 292394) on 21 August 1940 at DHS ORD, Kansas City, Missouri. John was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 24 August 1940 to 19 October 1940
First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines on 11 October 1940.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 19 October 1940 to 07 January 1941
Company ''B'' First Battalion, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. He was transferred to Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines on 07 January 1941.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 07 January 1941 to 03 April 1941
Company "B," First Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California
Private John W. Durham, Jr. On 03 April 1941 he was transferred to an Asiatic Station for general assignment. His Company sailed from NYd, Mare Island, California on 10 April 1941 via the U.S.S. HENDERSON.
He was sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands and assigned to Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion. John was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 July 1941 to 20 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
Private John W. Durham, Jr.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Durham was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 01 January 1942 to 18 February 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private John W. Durham. He was transferred from Company K to Headquarters Company, 4th Marines on on 18 February 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls 18 February 1942 to 06 May 1942
Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private/Private First Class John W. Durham. By April 1942 he was promoted to Private First Class.
On 09 April 1942, Filipino and U.S. forces on Bataan were surrendered and the Japanese were able to mass artillery for an all-out attack of the Rock from just 2 miles away.
On the night of 5-6 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Durham was among those killed in the attack. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
PFC Durham was initially listed as missing in action. It wasn't until some affidavits of his death were given by fellow Marines while they were in Cabanatuan Prison in July 1943 that he was officially listed as killed in action on 06 May 1942.
Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo, USMC, 227505, swore on 26 July 1943, that he saw the dead bodies of the following men who died on the dates noted on Corregidor Island, P.I.:
PFC John W. Durham, Jr., USMC – *5-5-42
Sgt. Paul E. Armstrong, USMC – 5-6-42
Sgt. Edward V. Foresman, USMC – 5-6-42
QM Sgt. John E. Haskin, USMC – 5-6-42
PFC Kenneth L. Jerrett, USMC – 5-6-42
Source: Affidavit of death for PFC John W. Durham, USMC, killed on Corregidor. File 558-7 1942 Death Reports, shows cause and date of death and place of burial of some cases. Reports collected in Cabanatuan POW Camp; Philippine Archives Collection.
*Sgt. Floyd L. Tebo's statement indicates that Durham was killed on 05 May 1942, his official date of death is 06 May 1942.
Private First Class John Wesley Durham is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
"Marine casualties in the defense of the Philippines totaled 72 killed in action, 17 dead of wounds, and 167 wounded in action. Worse that the casualty levels caused by combat in the Philippines was the brutal treatment of the Marines in Japanese hands. Of the 1,487 members of the 4th Marines captured on Corregidor, 474 died in captivity." Source: From Shanghai to Corregidor Marines in the Defense of the Philippines by J. Michael Miller, page 44.
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