nbolinger Posted September 5, 2020 Share #1 Posted September 5, 2020 Picked this up today , found the letter in the pocket. Nice to find one with some history. Link to post Share on other sites
beerdragon54 Posted September 5, 2020 Share #2 Posted September 5, 2020 Great piece!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
nbolinger Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted September 5, 2020 Thanks! Here's a few better pics Link to post Share on other sites
olivedrab1970 Posted September 5, 2020 Share #4 Posted September 5, 2020 Good Score! Robin- I Collect USMC WWII uniforms, gear, patches, insignia. medals and ribbons. I also sell and trade Militaria of primarily the U.S. Military. R.Delaney Semper Fidelis- Link to post Share on other sites
C. Roelens Posted September 6, 2020 Share #5 Posted September 6, 2020 Not bad, congrats. Should be an easy research project. Chuck Link to post Share on other sites
Old Crow 1986 Posted September 6, 2020 Share #6 Posted September 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, C. Roelens said: Not bad, congrats. Should be an easy research project. Chuck Yep, nice jacket and a great research set up. Link to post Share on other sites
nbolinger Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted September 6, 2020 Thank you all for the positive comments on the jacket. Link to post Share on other sites
Blacksmith Posted September 6, 2020 Share #8 Posted September 6, 2020 Yessir, cakewalk research. Lovely. I’ll add a few bits to start us off. He enlisted 7/23/42; please see below. He appears on 4th MARDIV rolls, as a member of A-1-20 (Engineers), with final MR appearance being in October of 1945. This entry was from a casual company, at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, likely recovering from illness / injury. Link to post Share on other sites
Longbranch Posted September 6, 2020 Share #9 Posted September 6, 2020 USMC casualty cards show a Frank John Bochentin in Co.A 4th Engineer Battalion. Link to post Share on other sites
Longbranch Posted September 6, 2020 Share #10 Posted September 6, 2020 BTW, tons of Ancestry.com USMC muster rolls pertaining to him if you can access them. Link to post Share on other sites
Blacksmith Posted September 6, 2020 Share #11 Posted September 6, 2020 His MCSN was 437001. Looks like he was wounded during the initial assault on Iwo, as part of his collection of Purple Hearts. Official discharge date was 11/9/45. He died on 4/5/87, at the age of 63, and is interred at Chapel Hill Memorial Park in Largo, Florida (mausoleum location C-82). Link to post Share on other sites
Blacksmith Posted September 6, 2020 Share #12 Posted September 6, 2020 There are only 14 Muster Roll entries for him btw. Link to post Share on other sites
Longbranch Posted September 6, 2020 Share #13 Posted September 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Blacksmith said: There are only 14 Muster Roll entries for him btw. I’ve used the Ancestry.com USMC muster rolls quite a bit. 14 entries is a pretty good result. I’ve had several guys that were in for 3-4 years and only turned up 3 or 4 entries. Link to post Share on other sites
Blacksmith Posted September 6, 2020 Share #14 Posted September 6, 2020 30 minutes ago, Longbranch said: I’ve used the Ancestry.com USMC muster rolls quite a bit. 14 entries is a pretty good result. I’ve had several guys that were in for 3-4 years and only turned up 3 or 4 entries. There are some ways to broaden your searches, that you may want to look into. I’ve built pretty much only USMC service histories for 10+ years, and do not think I have ever encountered that. Link to post Share on other sites
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