WEATHERMAN, Douglas V., PFC, 521/607 SN: 815742
Born: 27 Apr 1922
Enlisted USMC: 02 Mar 1943 (Home of Record: 512 W. Cypress Street, Altus, Oklahoma)
Died: 21 Jul 1944 (Killed in Action on Guam Island, Marianas Islands)
Interred: Grandfield Cemetery, Grandfield, OK

Headquarters, Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Mar 1943 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “2Mar43”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Mar 1943 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “2Mar43; jdfr SRD”
Apr 1943 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA

Telephone Company, Signal Battalion, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jul 1943 Pvt, TpCo, SigBn, MCB, San Diego, CA “Stud fld tp school”

27th Replacement Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Oct 1943 Pvt, 27th ReplBn, FMF, In the Field “23Oct43, emb on bd SS Mormachawk at San Diego, Calif. and sailed therefrom, same date; 23-31, at sea, enroute fr San Diego, Calif., to Noumea, N.C.”
Corps Replacement Battalion, Transient Center, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps
Jan 1944 PFC, Corps ReplBn, TranC, IMAC “9, pro; 15, to 3dMarDiv”

Company H, 2ndBattalion, 21stMarines, 3rdMarine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1944 PFC, Co H, 2ndBn, 21stMar, 3rdMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “2Mar43; 21, jdfr Corps ReplBn, TranC, IMAC; 16, emb; 17, sailed fr Noumea, N.C. via SS GEORGE ROSS; 18-20, at sea; 21, arr & disemb at Guadalcanal, B.S.I.”
Apr 1944 PFC, Co H, 2ndBn, 21stMar, 3rdMarDiv, FMF, In the Field “815742; 607; 1, Tr to HqCo, 2dBn, 21stMar, 3dMarDiv, FMF”
Headquarters Company, 2ndBattalion, 21stMarines, 3rdMarine Division, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1944 PFC, HqCo, 2ndBn, 21stMar, 3rdMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “815742; 607; 1, jdfr Co H, 2dBn, 21stMar, 3dMarDiv, FMF”
Jul 1944 PFC, HqCo, 2ndBn, 21stMar, 3rdMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guam, Marianas Islands) “815742; 607; 21, killed in action, GO#20 does not apply; Char Exc”

Based on this service record, I believe that we can confidently state that he rates the following awards for WWII:
Purple Heart Medal
Combat Action Ribbon
Navy Unit Commendation
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal-1 star
World War II Victory Medal

Weatherman, Douglas V, PFC