Webster Robert Shoffstall enlisted as a Private (S/N 275587) in the United States Marine Corps on 11 October 1939 at Dallas, Texas. He must have showed exceptional promise while at boot camp in San Diego, for he was promoted to Private First Class in January, 1940. Shoffstall served with the HQ detachment in San Diego – he may have been an instructor at the recruit depot – and by April was on his way overseas.
PFC Shoffstall joined Company A, First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai that June, and served with them in China for 18 months. The Fourth Marines left China for the Philippines in late 1941 to help prepare defenses against the predicted Japanese attack.
After landing in Olongapo, his unit was moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor as part of the island defenses when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. The Marines were quartered in the barracks on Middleside.
He participated in the siege of Corregidor. The 1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point on the tail of the island. He would have been in the thick of the fighting. On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Webster R. Shoffstall was among those killed on 06 May 1942. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
PFC Shoffstall joined Company A, First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai that June, and served with them in China for 18 months. The Fourth Marines left China for the Philippines in late 1941 to help prepare defenses against the predicted Japanese attack.
After landing in Olongapo, his unit was moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor as part of the island defenses when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. The Marines were quartered in the barracks on Middleside.
He participated in the siege of Corregidor. The 1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point on the tail of the island. He would have been in the thick of the fighting. On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Webster R. Shoffstall was among those killed on 06 May 1942. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
Webster Robert Shoffstall enlisted as a Private (S/N 275587) in the United States Marine Corps on 11 October 1939 at Dallas, Texas. He must have showed exceptional promise while at boot camp in San Diego, for he was promoted to Private First Class in January, 1940. Shoffstall served with the HQ detachment in San Diego – he may have been an instructor at the recruit depot – and by April was on his way overseas.
PFC Shoffstall joined Company A, First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai that June, and served with them in China for 18 months. The Fourth Marines left China for the Philippines in late 1941 to help prepare defenses against the predicted Japanese attack.
After landing in Olongapo, his unit was moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor as part of the island defenses when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. The Marines were quartered in the barracks on Middleside.
He participated in the siege of Corregidor. The 1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point on the tail of the island. He would have been in the thick of the fighting. On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Webster R. Shoffstall was among those killed on 06 May 1942. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
PFC Shoffstall joined Company A, First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai that June, and served with them in China for 18 months. The Fourth Marines left China for the Philippines in late 1941 to help prepare defenses against the predicted Japanese attack.
After landing in Olongapo, his unit was moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor as part of the island defenses when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. The Marines were quartered in the barracks on Middleside.
He participated in the siege of Corregidor. The 1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point on the tail of the island. He would have been in the thick of the fighting. On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day. Private First Class Webster R. Shoffstall was among those killed on 06 May 1942. His body was seen after the battle, but his burial site was not reported and his remains have not been recovered.
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