USMC World War II
Pvt. Gerald M. Butland KIA Guadalcanal September 27, 1942
Unit Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:Poughkeepsie, New York
Mother, Mrs. Louise Butland
Service# 351363
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Pvt. Butland is buried Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila National Capital, Philippines. His memorial Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery New York is a cenotaph
Details of career here.
Just over a year after its rebirth, 1/7 deployed to take part in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 7th Marines and 1/11 were detached from the Division to form the 3rd Marine Brigade and were sent to Samoa. From where the battalion rejoined the 1st Marine Division, to see their first action of the war at Guadalcanal. Under its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the battalion distinguished itself many times over for valor, and bravery held its positions against the onslaught of a regiment of seasoned Japanese attackers.
About the time, the 1st Raider Battalion, its original mission one of establishing a patrol base west of the Matanikau,. Vandegrift sent Colonel Edson, now the commander of the 5th Marines, forward to take charge of the expanded force. He was directed to attack on the 27th and decided to send the raiders inland to outflank the Japanese defenders. The battalion, commanded by Edson's former executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Griffith II, ran into a hornet's nest of Japanese who had crossed the Matanikau during the night. A garbled message led Edson to believe that Griffith's men were advancing according to plan, so he decided to land the companies of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, behind the enemy's Matanikau position and strike the Japanese from the rear. The landing was made without incident and the 7th Marines' companies moved inland only to be ambushed and cut off from the sea by the Japanese.
Pvt. Butland lost his life in combat with the Japanese during the battle of the Matanikau.
Pvt. Gerald M. Butland KIA Guadalcanal September 27, 1942
Unit Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:Poughkeepsie, New York
Mother, Mrs. Louise Butland
Service# 351363
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Pvt. Butland is buried Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila National Capital, Philippines. His memorial Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery New York is a cenotaph
Details of career here.
Just over a year after its rebirth, 1/7 deployed to take part in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 7th Marines and 1/11 were detached from the Division to form the 3rd Marine Brigade and were sent to Samoa. From where the battalion rejoined the 1st Marine Division, to see their first action of the war at Guadalcanal. Under its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the battalion distinguished itself many times over for valor, and bravery held its positions against the onslaught of a regiment of seasoned Japanese attackers.
About the time, the 1st Raider Battalion, its original mission one of establishing a patrol base west of the Matanikau,. Vandegrift sent Colonel Edson, now the commander of the 5th Marines, forward to take charge of the expanded force. He was directed to attack on the 27th and decided to send the raiders inland to outflank the Japanese defenders. The battalion, commanded by Edson's former executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Griffith II, ran into a hornet's nest of Japanese who had crossed the Matanikau during the night. A garbled message led Edson to believe that Griffith's men were advancing according to plan, so he decided to land the companies of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, behind the enemy's Matanikau position and strike the Japanese from the rear. The landing was made without incident and the 7th Marines' companies moved inland only to be ambushed and cut off from the sea by the Japanese.
Pvt. Butland lost his life in combat with the Japanese during the battle of the Matanikau.
USMC World War II
Pvt. Gerald M. Butland KIA Guadalcanal September 27, 1942
Unit Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:Poughkeepsie, New York
Mother, Mrs. Louise Butland
Service# 351363
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Pvt. Butland is buried Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila National Capital, Philippines. His memorial Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery New York is a cenotaph
Details of career here.
Just over a year after its rebirth, 1/7 deployed to take part in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 7th Marines and 1/11 were detached from the Division to form the 3rd Marine Brigade and were sent to Samoa. From where the battalion rejoined the 1st Marine Division, to see their first action of the war at Guadalcanal. Under its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the battalion distinguished itself many times over for valor, and bravery held its positions against the onslaught of a regiment of seasoned Japanese attackers.
About the time, the 1st Raider Battalion, its original mission one of establishing a patrol base west of the Matanikau,. Vandegrift sent Colonel Edson, now the commander of the 5th Marines, forward to take charge of the expanded force. He was directed to attack on the 27th and decided to send the raiders inland to outflank the Japanese defenders. The battalion, commanded by Edson's former executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Griffith II, ran into a hornet's nest of Japanese who had crossed the Matanikau during the night. A garbled message led Edson to believe that Griffith's men were advancing according to plan, so he decided to land the companies of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, behind the enemy's Matanikau position and strike the Japanese from the rear. The landing was made without incident and the 7th Marines' companies moved inland only to be ambushed and cut off from the sea by the Japanese.
Pvt. Butland lost his life in combat with the Japanese during the battle of the Matanikau.
Pvt. Gerald M. Butland KIA Guadalcanal September 27, 1942
Unit Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 1st Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:Poughkeepsie, New York
Mother, Mrs. Louise Butland
Service# 351363
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Pvt. Butland is buried Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila National Capital, Philippines. His memorial Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery New York is a cenotaph
Details of career here.
Just over a year after its rebirth, 1/7 deployed to take part in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 7th Marines and 1/11 were detached from the Division to form the 3rd Marine Brigade and were sent to Samoa. From where the battalion rejoined the 1st Marine Division, to see their first action of the war at Guadalcanal. Under its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the battalion distinguished itself many times over for valor, and bravery held its positions against the onslaught of a regiment of seasoned Japanese attackers.
About the time, the 1st Raider Battalion, its original mission one of establishing a patrol base west of the Matanikau,. Vandegrift sent Colonel Edson, now the commander of the 5th Marines, forward to take charge of the expanded force. He was directed to attack on the 27th and decided to send the raiders inland to outflank the Japanese defenders. The battalion, commanded by Edson's former executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Griffith II, ran into a hornet's nest of Japanese who had crossed the Matanikau during the night. A garbled message led Edson to believe that Griffith's men were advancing according to plan, so he decided to land the companies of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, behind the enemy's Matanikau position and strike the Japanese from the rear. The landing was made without incident and the 7th Marines' companies moved inland only to be ambushed and cut off from the sea by the Japanese.
Pvt. Butland lost his life in combat with the Japanese during the battle of the Matanikau.
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