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: 104

Killed in action: 3
Wounded in action: 8
Sick: 11
Total Casualties: 22
Not Present: 3

Baker Company took more than fifty percent casualties in just under a month on Saipan. To bring them up to strength for the invasion of Tinian, they were joined by fifty-one men from the Casual Company of the Second Marine Division. These men were "on loan" from the Second Division; the survivors were returned to their parent units after Tinian. Those who joined on July 12, 1944 and made the assault landing are listed here; the remainder joined on July 28, 1944.

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Captain Milton G. Cokin. Commanding.
First Lieutenant William A. Eddy. Executive Officer.
First Sergeant Milton B. Cooper.
First Sergeant Richard H. Murphy.
Staff Sergeant Jason C. Edwards. Mess Sergeant.
Corporal Corpus A. Gallegos. Clerk, Typist.
Corporal Hugh Stevenson. Armorer.
Corporal Robert W. Swanson. Visual Signalman.
PFC George M. Hinebaugh. Cobbler.
PFC Bernard Novak. Driver.
PFC Joseph W. Yanuzzi. Scout. Joined from 2nd Marine Division. - sick July 24, 1944
Private Chandler M. Kelley. Driver. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private Walter J. Stuck. Intelligence Observer. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

Cooks
Chief Cook John B. Lee
Chief Cook John F. Nash
Field Cook Alexander DeVico
Field Cook Stanley Q. Karnes
Assistant Cook Virgil H. Sandy
PFC Angelo M. DeCicco. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

Field Music Section
Field Music First Class Joseph C. I. Boisclair – killed July 31, 1944
Field Music First Class Ray C. Mayhew – sick July 27, 1944
Field Music First Class Joseph W. McTague

Duty Section
Platoon Sergeant Steve Haloostock.
Sergeant Peter Kikos.
Sergeant Aniello A. Puliafico.
Corporal Raymond L. Sherwin. – sick July 30, 1944
PFC Vernon H. Ison.
PFC Robert J. McCarthy.
PFC Charles D. Teets. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private William F. Cavanaugh. Joined from 2nd Marine Division. – sick July 25-27, 1944
Private Gilbert L. Cunningham. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private Eugene P. Dojka. Joined from 2nd Marine Division
Private William H. Gauthier. Joined from 2nd Marine Division
Private Fred T. Howard. Joined from 2nd Marine Division. – wounded July 29, 1944
Private Edward T. Lloyd. Joined from 2nd Marine Division. – killed July 24, 1944
Private Claudio G. Perlingiero. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private David J. Wilson. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

MORTAR SECTION

PFC George F. Claar – wounded July 30, 1944
PFC Donald C. Hasley. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
PFC James W. Smith.
Private Thomas J. McCarthy, Jr. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

RIFLE PLATOONS

First Lieutenant David E. Lownds
First Lieutenant Robert S. Selinger.
Second Lieutenant Bernard A. Huesman. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

Messengers
PFC James E. Drury
PFC Edward G. Eller
PFC Charles M. Farber

Squad and Fire Team Leaders
Sergeant Stanley T. Homewood
Sergeant Henry Pileckas
Sergeant Everett E. Schafer – wounded July 31, 1944
Sergeant Walter S. Shamray
Sergeant Charles A. Townsend
Sergeant Garrison F. Tucker
Sergeant Frank Warren
Corporal Attilio A. Centofanti
Corporal Leonard O. Fritze
Corporal Howard W. Johnson
Corporal William S. Kanis
Corporal James D. Magill
Corporal Wendell C. Ricker
Corporal Thomas E. Underwood
PFC Edward Curylo
PFC Jerome M. Verschaeve

Riflemen
PFC Kenneth N. Boyd
PFC Charles C. DeCelles – sick July 29, 1944
PFC Cloise E. Duncan
PFC Pedro Gaminde, Jr.
PFC Erwin F. Gerner, Jr. - sick July 31, 1944
PFC George L. May – wounded July 31, 1944
PFC Gilbert L. Miller
PFC Donald W. Rau
PFC Henry J. Rieker
PFC Joseph A. Williams. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
PFC Ralph C. Wilmer. Joined from 2nd Marine Division. – sick July 27, 1944
PFC Joseph P. Winslow, Jr. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private Eugene M. Andree
Private Don H. Fry – sick July 27, 1944
Private John A. Gilboy.
Private Walter H. Gunewitz. – sick July 29, 1944
Private Charles A. Kubicek.
Private Raynor C. Lehman. – wounded July 31, 1944
Private Ralph M. Mauss.
Private Marvin E. Opatz.
Private William O. Shelton.
Private Robert A Smyth. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
PrivateCarroll E. Stout.
Private John H. Thomason – sick July 29, 1944
Private John R. Woodrum. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.


Automatic Riflemen


Corporal Robert F. Seitz


Corporal Robert E. Watkins – wounded July 30, 1944


PFC Melvin J. Burzynski


PFC Charles Gabor – sick July 27, 1944


PFC Robert K. Gabourie


PFC Arthur E. Kirkpatrick, Jr.


PFC Stanley J. Koziol


PFC Kenneth W. Mosty – killed July 30, 1944


PFC Herbert B. Newman


PFC Robert F. Pounders, Jr.


PFC Milton A. Stack. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
PFC Oscar R. Stone, Jr. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
PFC Wendell T. Sullivan. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
PFC Billy G. White.
PFC Harley M. Workman. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

MACHINE GUN PLATOON

First Lieutenant Joseph D. Swoyer – sick July 24, 1944
Sergeant Harry E. Gregg. Section Leader.


PFC Russell A. Chambers. Messenger.

Corporal Robert G. Birdsall. Squad Leader. – wounded July 31, 1944
Corporal Eugene F. Monahan. Squad Leader.


Corporal Gordon W. Myers. Squad Leader.



Gunners


PFC Claude L. Chamberlain


PFC Lewis J. Cline


PFC Raymond L. Cook


PFC Charles B. Gum, Jr.


PFC Leo E. Morris


PFC Michael J. Ryan


PFC William E. Sempert
PFC Carl L. Wolfrey. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.


Ammo Carriers


PFC Harvey S. Armstrong


PFC Murray Bower


PFC Charles E. Brown


PFC Homer J. Davis


PFC James R. Moorman


PFC William E. Muller – wounded July 31, 1944
PFC Charles F. Naab, Jr.– wounded July 31, 1944
PFC James B. Naurot


PFC James Nicoll – sick July 27, 1944

NOT PRESENT

PFC Julian H. Cusey. Rifleman.
PFC Jack C. Saunders. Rifleman.
Private Robert O. Jones. Rifleman.
Private William H. Skinner. Rifleman.

UNKNOWN ASSIGNMENT


Sergeant Albert J. Estergall. Section Leader. – wounded July 8, 1944; not evacuated
Sergeant Everil J. Manuel. Section Leader.
Private William S. Dalton. MOS 736. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private Vernon T. Hurst. MOS 736. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.
Private Robert L. Lukes. MOS 736. Joined from 2nd Marine Division.

Joined from Casual Company, 2nd Marine Division, July 28

Second Lieutenant Frederick D. Nichols, Jr. Platoon Leader.
PFC Philip J. Riley. Intelligence Observer.
Private Leroy H. David. Mortarman.
Private Sherman A. Doggett. Mortarman.
Private Louis W. Galvez. Mortarman.
Private Robert J. Gilbert. Mortarman.
Private William P. Hopkins. Mortarman.
Private Cortes H. Kirby. Duty Section.
Private Troy W. Kennedy. MOS 531.
Private Daniel R. Kupczak. MOS 531. – wounded July 30, 1944
Private Morris M. Larsen. MOS 531.
Private Paul R. Reynolds. Rifleman.
Private Wayne E. Sharp. Duty Section.
Private Frank M. Sheppart, Jr. Duty Section.
Private George E. Stewart. Rifleman.
Private Calvin W. Stone. Rifleman.
Private Charles C. Sunderland, Jr. Rifleman.
Private Alex F. Szalay. Rifleman. – wounded July 31, 1944
Private Walter M. Sztaba. Rifleman.
Private Edward A. Taylor. Rifleman.
Private Howard W. Taylor. Rifleman.
Private Mark E. Taylor. Rifleman.