nbolinger Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 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 Share Posted September 5 Great piece!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
nbolinger Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Thanks! Here's a few better pics Link to post Share on other sites
olivedrab1970 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 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 Share Posted September 6 Not bad, congrats. Should be an easy research project. Chuck Link to post Share on other sites
Old Crow 1986 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 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 Author Share Posted September 6 Thank you all for the positive comments on the jacket. Link to post Share on other sites
Blacksmith Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 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 Share Posted September 6 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 Share Posted September 6 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 Share Posted September 6 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 Share Posted September 6 There are only 14 Muster Roll entries for him btw. Link to post Share on other sites
Longbranch Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 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 Share Posted September 6 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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