PLEASE NOTE: The following roster is an APPROXIMATION of the strength and make-up of Baker Company. It is based upon the muster rolls for the battalion, which are held at the USMC Historical Branch in Quantico. I have attempted to make this list as accurate as possible, given the makeup of a Marine rifle company in mid-1944 and by using the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) numbers listed on the muster rolls. It is impossible to ensure complete accuracy based on this alone (one will note a large number of riflemen - MOS 745 - and only a handful of mortarmen - MOS 607), and until further documentation comes to light, this list cannot be made fully accurate. If you have any information about a Marine's role in Baker Company, please contact me.

Total Strength: 223

Killed in action: 26
Wounded in action: 107
Missing: 0
Total Casualties: 133
Not Present: 4

Casualty Rate: 59.6%

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS


Captain Milton G. Cokin (Commanding)


First Lieutenant William A. Eddy (Executive Officer)


First Sergeant Milton B. Cooper


Gunnery Sergeant Henry Linker – killed in action June 28, 1944


Corporal Corpus A. Gallegos (Clerk, Typist)


Corporal Hugh Stevenson (Armorer)


PFC George M. Hinebaugh (Cobbler)


PFC George Louvris (Barber) – missing in action, July 1-13, 1944


PFC Bernard Novak (Driver)


PFC Thomas T. Puckett, Jr. (Driver) – wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC Charles Rospop (Barber) – wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC Robert W. Swanson (Visual Signalman)




Cooks


Chief Cook John B. Lee


Field Cook Alexander DeVico


Field Cook Stanley Q. Karnes


Field Cook John F. Nash


Assistant Cook Virgil H. Sandy




Field Music Section


Field Music First Class Joseph C. I. Boisclair


Field Music First Class Ray C. Mayhew


Field Music First Class Joseph W. McTague




Duty Section


Platoon Sergeant Steve Haloostock


Sergeant Guy R. Bulifant, Jr. - wounded in action June 16, 1944
Sergeant Peter Kikos


Sergeant Aniello A. Puliafico – sick July 1-3, 1944
Corporal James J. Hehir – wounded in action, June 25, 1944
PFC Clifford A. Cederleaf – wounded in action, June 15, 1944
PFC Robert J. McCarthy – wounded in action, June 18, 1944

MORTAR SECTION


First Lieutenant Charles R. Bechtol – wounded in action June 16, 1944

Corporal Leslie M. Chambers, Jr. - killed in action June 18, 1944
Corporal Harmon I. Chichester – wounded in action June 15, 1944

PFC Paul A. Bloor – wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC Edwin E. Mullis – wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC Robert E. Pitts – killed in action June 15, 1944
PFC James W. Smith – missing in action July 1-13, 1944
PFC George B. Watts – missing in action June 15-30; wounded July 10, 1944

 

RIFLE PLATOONS


First Lieutenant David E. Lownds
First Lieutenant Howard F. Shattuck, Jr – wounded in action June 17, 1944

Messengers
PFC Lawrence C. Byerly – sick and evacuated June 19, 1944
PFC Kenneth M. Carpenter – wounded in action June 17, 1944
PFC James E. Drury
PFC John O. Edwards, Jr. - wounded in action June 16, 1944
PFC Edward G. Eller
PFC Charles V. Nelson – wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC William M. Schultz – wounded in action June 18, 1944
PFC Frederick S. Trusnovec

Squad and Fire Team Leaders
Sergeant Daniel J. Brandon – wounded in action June 16, 1944
Sergeant Alex Haluchak – wounded in action June 19, 1944
Sergeant John J. Miller, Jr – killed in action June 17, 1944
Sergeant Henry Pileckas – wounded in action July 4, 1944
Sergeant Everett E. Schafer
Corporal Connie H. Allen – wounded in action June 16, 1944
Corporal George P. Asack, Jr. – wounded in action June 17, 1944
Corporal Edward J. Duclos – killed in action June 16, 1944
Corporal Donald L. Fitzpatrick – wounded in action June 17, 1944
Corporal James R. Frazier – wounded in action July 6, 1944
Corporal Coolidge M. Graves – wounded in action June 17, 1944
Corporal Murdick S. Hill – wounded in action June 16, 1944
Corporal Paul H. Hoff – wounded in action June 16; not evacuated. Wounded June 18
Corporal Ripley P. Judice – wounded in action June 18, 1944
Corporal William S. Kanis
Corporal Joseph P. Pinciak – wounded in action June 17, 1944
Corporal George E. Quigley, Jr. – wounded in action June 17, 1944
Corporal Wendell C. Ricker
Corporal Walter S. Shamray
Corporal Ellis W. Thomas – killed in action June 18, 1944
Corporal Lawrence J. Thorne, Jr. – wounded in action June 18, 1944
Corporal Charles A. Townsend
Corporal Garrison F. Tucker
Corporal Frank Warren
Corporal Peter Wilchinski – killed in action June 15, 1944
PFC Edward Curylo
PFC Homer L. Hager – wounded in action June 16, 1944
PFC James D. Magill – sick and evacuated July 7, 1944
PFC Telesfor Ortega – killed in action June 17, 1944
PFC James G. Rogers – killed in action July 8, 1944
PFC Everett Tackett – wounded in action June 18, 1944
PFC Andrew Tomasko – wounded in action July 5, 1944
PFC Thomas E. Underwood
PFC Jerome M. Verschaeve – wounded in action July 10, 1944

Riflemen
Sergeant Harold D. Caudill, Jr. - wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC Kenneth N. Boyd
PFC Attilio A. Centofanti
PFC Andrew J. Chorzempa – wounded in action June 17, 1944
PFC Timothy B. Colgan – killed in action June 17, 1944
PFC Cloise E. Duncan
PFC Pedro Gaminde, Jr.
PFC Erwin F. Gerner, Jr.
PFC Walter H. Gunewitz
PFC Ace W. L. Harris – wounded in action June 17, 1944
PFC A. D. Hobson – killed in action June 17, 1944
PFC John K. Howell – wounded in action June 15, 1944
PFC George C. Iverson – wounded in action June 17, 1944
PFC Howard W. Johnson
PFC Eugene T. Langston – wounded in action June 16, 1944
PFC James A. Lewis – killed in action June 18, 1944
PFC James A. Masterson – wounded in action June 17, 1944
PFC George L. May – sick and evacuated July 7, 1944
PFC Chester L. McCoy – wounded in action June 18, 1944
PFC Marion A. McFarlin, Jr. - wounded in action June 16, 1944
PFC Gilbert L. Miller
PFC John P. Muscatell, Jr. - killed in action June 16, 1944
PFC Emil A. Nichols – wounded in action June 16, 1944
PFC John Poggioli – wounded in action June 16, 1944
PFC Donald W. Rau
PFC Henry J. Rieker – wounded in action July 1, 1944
PFC William A. Ultcht – wounded in action June 17, 1944
PFC Ralph A. Vasey – wounded in action June 18, 1944
PFC Carl Weber – wounded in action July 8, 1944
PFC Bruce A. White – wounded in action June 22, 1944
PFC Glenn L. Wolfe – killed in action June 16, 1944
Private Eugene M. Andree
Private Julian L. Ettinger – wounded in action June 16, 1944
Private Don H. Fry
Private John A. Gilboy
Private Ardith W. Gilbreath – wounded in action June 16, 1944
Private Charles A. Kubicek
Private Raynor C. Lehman
Private Ralph M. Mauss
Private Marvin E. Opatz
Private William O. Shelton
Private Marwood B. Smith – wounded in action July 8; died of wounds August 11
Private Carroll E. Stout – missing in action July 1-13, 1944
Private John H. Thomason – sick July 6-12




Automatic Riflemen


Corporal Richard F. Schmidt, Jr. – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Herbert G. Bevins


PFC Robert L. Breslin – killed in action June 16, 1944


PFC Melvin J. Burzynski


PFC Raymond L. Butler – wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Clifford J. Cowell – killed in action July 7, 1944


PFC Charles C. DeCelles


PFC William G. Dore – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Alfred Eskildsen – wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Leonard O. Fritze – wounded in action July 5, 1944


PFC Charles Gabor


PFC Robert K. Gabourie


PFC Billy G. Glenn – wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Robert M. Halligan – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Richard A. Hayes


PFC Chester R. Hodge – wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Clyde H. Joyce – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Arthur E. Kirkpatrick, Jr. – missing in action July 1-13, 1944


PFC Stanley J. Koziol


PFC Frederick C. Martin – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Jack D. McCormick – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Gilbert E. Montoya – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC J. S. Moore – killed in action July 8, 1944


PFC Kenneth W. Mosty


PFC Warren L. Nelson – wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Herbert B. Newman


PFC Lee L. Parker, Jr. - wounded in action June 15, 1944


PFC Jack D. Pentland – wounded in action July 8, 1944


PFC Loyd Pittman – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Charles Podolski – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Robert F. Pounders, Jr. – sick July 3-8, 1944
PFC Francis J. Reynolds – killed in action June 18, 1944


PFC Donald M. Rothweiler – wounded in action
PFC Harry J. Schueneman – wounded in action June 15, 1944


PFC Robert F. Seitz – wounded in action July 8, 1944


PFC James B. Shearin – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Arnold F. Stanek – wounded in action July 5, 1944


PFC Robert E. Watkins – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Billy G. White



MACHINE GUN PLATOON


First LieutenantJoseph D. Swoyer
Second Lieutenant William C. James – wounded in action June 16, 1944
Gunnery Sergeant Richard H. Murphy
PFC Russell A. Chambers (Messenger)
PFC Manuel Murguia (Messenger)


Sergeant Harry E. Gregg (Section Leader)


Sergeant Jess E. Harville (Section Leader) – killed in action June 16, 1944


Sergeant Elza R. Wallace, Jr. (Section Leader) – wounded in action June 15, 1944



Corporal Robert G. Birdsall (Squad Leader)


Corporal Harlan C. Jeffrey (Squad Leader) – wounded in action June 17, 1944


Corporal Robert F. Nadler (Squad Leader)


Corporal Felix S. Nawodczynki (Squad Leader) – killed in action June 16, 1944


Corporal Robert E. Newbury (Squad Leader) – killed in action July 8, 1944




Gunners


PFC Perry Allen – wounded in action July 6, 1944


PFC Roger N. Arsenault – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Otto H. Becker – killed in action June 15, 1944


PFC Claude L. Chamberlain – wounded in action July 6, 1944


PFC Lewis J. Cline – wounded in action June 26, 1944


PFC James B. Cochran – wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Raymond L. Cook


PFC Everett H. J. Eckert - wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Charles B. Gum, Jr. - sick and evacuated July 9, 1944
PFC Eugene F. Monahan


PFC Joseph T. Murphy – killed in action June 16, 1944


PFC William J. O'Connor – wounded in action June 15, 1944


PFC Edward Olkowski – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Edmond S. Piche - sick and evacuated June 22, 1944


PFC Michael E. Pitoniak – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Otto W. Schwarz, Jr. - wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC William E. Sempert – wounded in action July 8, 1944


Private Robert D. Baatz – wounded in action June 15, 1944




Ammo Carriers


PFC Donald E. Anderson – wounded in action June 15, 1944


PFC Harvey S. Armstrong - missing in action July 1 – 13, 1944


PFC Murray Bower – missing in action July 1 – 13, 1944


PFC Charles E. Brown


PFC Ralph W. Brown – wounded in action July 7, 1944


PFC Frank C. Bruile – wounded in action July 10, 1944


PFC Homer J. Davis


PFC Joseph L. DeVictoria, Jr. – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Lee C. Hill – killed in action June 16, 1944


PFC James R. Moorman


PFC William E. Muller


PFC Leo E. Morris


PFC Gordon W. Myers


PFC Charles F. Naab, Jr.


PFC James B. Naurot – sick and evacuated July 10, 1944


PFC James Nicoll


PFC Salvadore M. Nobile, Jr. - wounded in action June 17, 1944


PFC Patrick W. Norton – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Charles E. Queen – killed in action July 8, 1944


PFC Frank P. Rossel – wounded in action June 18, 1944


PFC Michael J. Ryan


PFC Laverne E. Sullivan – wounded in action July 8, 1944


PFC Edward Swies – wounded in action June 16, 1944


PFC Charles E. Thompson – wounded in action June 15, 1944

UNKNOWN ASSIGNMENT


Platoon Sergeant John J. O'Brien (651)


Sergeant Albert J. Estergall (651) – wounded in action July 8, 1944; not evacuated
Sergeant Everil J. Manuel (651)


Sergeant John L. Meeks (651) – wounded in action July 10, 1944


Corporal Raymond Cable (652) – wounded June 16, 1944; returned June 25. Wounded July 5, 1944

NOT PRESENT

PFC George F. Claar (Mortarman)
PFC Julian H. Cusey (Rifleman)
PFC Jack C. Saunders (Rifleman)
Private Robert O. Jones
Private William H. Skinner