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Major Thomas Porter Bartleson Jr. (son of Thomas Porter Bartleson Sr. and Vera Geraldine Carson) was born September 02, 1923 in Fort Myers, Florida, and died March 04, 2004 in Pensacola, Florida.He married Caroline Meta Miller in Charleston, South Carolina.

Major Thomas Porter Bartleson Jr.

Born September 2, 1923

 

 

Fort Myers, Florida

U.S. Marine Corps

Decorations:

Bronze Star Medal w/"V" (Sept 15, 1944 D-Day Peleliu); Navy Commendation Medal w/"V'; Purple Heart; Presidential Unit Citation w/2*; Good Conduct Medal; Organized Marine Corps

Reserve Medal; American Defense Service Medal; American Theatre; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/4*; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal: National

Defense Service Medal w/1*; Korean Service Medal w/1*; U.N. Service Medal; Korean

Presidential Unit Citation; Navy Unit Commendation; Letter of Commendation from

Commanding General, MCSA, Philadelphia, Pa.

Wounded September 25, 1944 Peleliu, Palau, Island, while serving in the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

Participated in the landing and defense of Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands; Defense of Papua, New Guinea; Landing and Defense of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Landing and defense of Peleliu, Palau Islands. Served as a machine gunner, machine gun squad Leader, intelligence scout, and chief intelligence scout observer.

Education:

University of Maryland-BA

University of Florida-BS

Weidner College-MBA

Burial: 2004, Buried in Arlington National Military Cemetery.

Masonic Affiliation: Master Mason.

EX Brandon Morley, EX Jason Foust Collection.

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