Homer "D." "C." Triplitt enlisted as a Private (S/N 263023) in the United States Marine Corps on 28 December 1937. Private Triplitt did his training at Marine Barracks, Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. He was assigned to Battery C, First Battalion, Tenth Marines, Fmb, Fmf, Mb, Quantico, Virginia on 01 March 1938. Homer was transferred to Battery B in April.
From 13 November to 14 December 1939 he is found aboard the Naval Transport Service U.S.S. Henderson bound for an "Asiatic Station". And in January 1940 he is with Company 'D', First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai, China. On 13 July 1940 he was promoted to Private First Class.
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.
PFC Homer Triplitt 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 Homer "D. C." Triplitt 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.
Private First Class Homer "D. C. "Triplitt is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Marine Corps at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
From 13 November to 14 December 1939 he is found aboard the Naval Transport Service U.S.S. Henderson bound for an "Asiatic Station". And in January 1940 he is with Company 'D', First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai, China. On 13 July 1940 he was promoted to Private First Class.
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.
PFC Homer Triplitt 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 Homer "D. C." Triplitt 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.
Private First Class Homer "D. C. "Triplitt is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Marine Corps at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Homer "D." "C." Triplitt enlisted as a Private (S/N 263023) in the United States Marine Corps on 28 December 1937. Private Triplitt did his training at Marine Barracks, Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. He was assigned to Battery C, First Battalion, Tenth Marines, Fmb, Fmf, Mb, Quantico, Virginia on 01 March 1938. Homer was transferred to Battery B in April.
From 13 November to 14 December 1939 he is found aboard the Naval Transport Service U.S.S. Henderson bound for an "Asiatic Station". And in January 1940 he is with Company 'D', First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai, China. On 13 July 1940 he was promoted to Private First Class.
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.
PFC Homer Triplitt 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 Homer "D. C." Triplitt 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.
Private First Class Homer "D. C. "Triplitt is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Marine Corps at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
From 13 November to 14 December 1939 he is found aboard the Naval Transport Service U.S.S. Henderson bound for an "Asiatic Station". And in January 1940 he is with Company 'D', First Battalion, Fourth Marines in Shanghai, China. On 13 July 1940 he was promoted to Private First Class.
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.
PFC Homer Triplitt 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 Homer "D. C." Triplitt 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.
Private First Class Homer "D. C. "Triplitt is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Marine Corps at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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