Born: January 24, 1925
Campaigns Served: Namur, Saipan (wounded)
Highest Rank Attained: Corporal
Decorations: Purple Heart
Raymond Cable joined the Marines in November, 1942. He was sent to Parris Island for boot training, and joined Company B, Second Separate Battalion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. While training in California, his unit was redesignated as Baker Company, 24th Marines.
Cable served as a rifleman on Namur, and after arriving at Camp Maui in spring of 1944 was promoted to corporal. He led a fire team into combat on Saipan, where he was slightly wounded on June 16. Corporal Cable spent nine days recovering before returning to his company. He would have been sorely needed, as casualties among experienced enlisted men were beginning to mount.
Photo from the Fourth Marine Division History.
Raymond Cable was hit a second time on July 5, 1944. This wound was much more serious, and he was evacuated to a naval hospital at Pearl Harbor. He spent the next six months in the hospital; while there, he received his Purple Heart medal from Admiral Halsey.
Cable was transferred to Oakland Naval Hospital, and was discharged from the Marine Corps on January 20, 1945.
After leaving the service, Raymond Cable attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He held a career as a commercial artist until 1987, when he and his wife Lucille retired to Brookfield, Connecticut.