Awarded Purple Heart.
Missing in Action.
Monument erected in Philippines for those military personnel interred overseas.
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Service No. #333165
B Company, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Raider Regiment
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists the Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Lina Whitney, 10 Cedar Street; Augusta, Maine. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as New Georgia (Solomon Islands) on 20 Jul 1943. Killed in action at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, 20 July 1943.
Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 lists his birth place as Anson, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Jul 1921 to Bernard Whitney and Lina M. Whitney.
***I would like to thank Peter Morgan Find A Grave ID 47719987 for creating this memorial and also adding his gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Dapper Find A Grave ID 47616999 for adding their gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Thomas to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and birth/death location information on it***
Missing in Action.
Monument erected in Philippines for those military personnel interred overseas.
*****************************************************
Service No. #333165
B Company, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Raider Regiment
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists the Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Lina Whitney, 10 Cedar Street; Augusta, Maine. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as New Georgia (Solomon Islands) on 20 Jul 1943. Killed in action at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, 20 July 1943.
Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 lists his birth place as Anson, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Jul 1921 to Bernard Whitney and Lina M. Whitney.
***I would like to thank Peter Morgan Find A Grave ID 47719987 for creating this memorial and also adding his gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Dapper Find A Grave ID 47616999 for adding their gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Thomas to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and birth/death location information on it***
Awarded Purple Heart.
Missing in Action.
Monument erected in Philippines for those military personnel interred overseas.
*****************************************************
Service No. #333165
B Company, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Raider Regiment
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists the Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Lina Whitney, 10 Cedar Street; Augusta, Maine. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as New Georgia (Solomon Islands) on 20 Jul 1943. Killed in action at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, 20 July 1943.
Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 lists his birth place as Anson, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Jul 1921 to Bernard Whitney and Lina M. Whitney.
***I would like to thank Peter Morgan Find A Grave ID 47719987 for creating this memorial and also adding his gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Dapper Find A Grave ID 47616999 for adding their gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Thomas to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and birth/death location information on it***
Missing in Action.
Monument erected in Philippines for those military personnel interred overseas.
*****************************************************
Service No. #333165
B Company, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Raider Regiment
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists the Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Lina Whitney, 10 Cedar Street; Augusta, Maine. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as New Georgia (Solomon Islands) on 20 Jul 1943. Killed in action at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, 20 July 1943.
Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 lists his birth place as Anson, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Jul 1921 to Bernard Whitney and Lina M. Whitney.
***I would like to thank Peter Morgan Find A Grave ID 47719987 for creating this memorial and also adding his gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Dapper Find A Grave ID 47616999 for adding their gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Geoffrey Roecker Find A Grave ID 47006169 for adding his photo of Thomas to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and birth/death location information on it***
Inscription
P.F.C. THOMAS E. WHITNEY
MAINE
U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVES
1ST. MARINE BATTALION
WORLD WAR II
JULY 8, 1921 JULY 20, 1943
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