JAMES, Stanley D, Cpl, 653 SN: 266338
Born: Unknown, Pennsylvania
Enlisted USMC: 12 Jul 1938 Baltimore, Maryland
Killed in Action: 14 Sep 1942 (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Unknown
Headquarters, Eastern Recruiting Division, 405 New Custom House, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 1938 Pvt, HQ, ERD, 405 New Custom House, Philadelphia, PA “12Jul38; 12, jdenl at RS Balto. Md., and tr to MB, Parris Island, SC”
Recruit Bn, Recruit Depot, MB, Parris Island, SC
Jul 1938 Pvt, RecDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “13, Jdenl fr DHS, Baltimore, Md.; 13-31 RI.”
Aug 1938 Pvt, RecDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI.”
Sep 1938 Pvt, RecDet, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”1-9, RI; 10, to Sea School, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, Va.”
Sea School Detachment, Marine Barracks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
Sep 1938 Pvt, SeaSchDet, MB, NNYd, Portsmouth, VA “12Jul38; 11, Jd fr R dep Det MB, Parris Island, S.C.; 22, to MD USS PHOENIX”

Marine Detachment, U.S.S. PHOENIX
Sep 1938 Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX “12Jul38; 22, Jd fr Sea School Det MB,NNYd, Portsmouth, Va.”
Oct 1938 Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, NYd, Philadelphia, Pa.
Nov-Dec 1938 Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, At Sea (Port of Spain; Trinidad, Santos, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Jan 1939 Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, At Sea (Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montivideo, Uruguay; San Juan, P.R.)
Feb 1939, Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, NYd, Philadelphia, PA “13-22, on fur.”
Mar 1939 Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, NYd, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1939 Pvt, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, At Sea “1-18, at NYd, Philadelphia, Pa.; 19-25, en route to Panama C.Z.)
May 1939 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA “16, pro to PFC (SW)”
Jun 1939 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, Santa Cruz, CA
Jul 1939 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA (Santa Cruz, CA; Portland, Ore; San Pedro, CA)
Aug-Dec 1939 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA
Jan 1940 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA “22, PFC (SA) changed to PFC (temp appt); 22-31, temp d at Fleet Training Base, San Clemente Island”
Feb 1940 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA “2, qual MM; Pistol Short Course Score 122; 1, temp d at FTB San Clemente Island”
Mar-May 1940 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA
Jun 1940 PFC, MarDet, U.S.S. PHOENIX, San Pedro, CA “4, to MCB, San Diego, CA”

Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, San Diego, CA
Jun 1940 PFC, Marine Barracks, NAS, San Diego, CA “4, jd fr MD U.S.S. PHOENIX”
Jul 1940 PFC, Marine Barracks, NAS, San Diego, CA
Aug 1940 PFC, Marine Barracks, NAS, San Diego, CA “3, to MB NYd, New York, N.Y., by S/RS. Fur enroute”
Barracks Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, NY
Aug 1940 PFC, BksDet, MB, NYd, New York, N.Y. ”9, jd by S/RS fr MBNAS, San Diego, Calif.; 9-31, on fur.”
Sep-Dec 1940 PFC, BksDet, MB, NYd, New York, N.Y.

Marine Detachment, Receiving Ship, Navy Yard, New York, NY
Apr 1941 PFC, MarDet, RecShip, NYd, New York, N.Y.
Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Apr 1941 PFC, MB, NAS, Lakehurst, N.J.”14,assigned to parachute det; 14-30, member parachute det under instn, 21, rated spl lcl “for avn duty” parachutist, auth MGC ltr 1515/7-325 AV 1mm, dated 18Apr41”

A Co, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, Division Special Troops, 1st Marine Division, FMF, MB, New River, NC
Jul 1941 PFC, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MAW, FMF, NAS, NOB, Norfolk, VA ”Spl 1cl (Parachutist)”
Oct 1941 PFC, A Co, 1st ParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1st MarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 24-29, on temp d at MB, Quantico in conn with Navy Day activities at Anascostia, D.C.”
Jan 1942 Cpl, A Co, 1st ParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1st MarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para; 23, pro.”
Mar 1942 Cpl, A Co, 1st ParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1st MarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
Apr 1942 Cpl, A Co, 1st ParaBn, DivSplTrs, 1st MarDiv, FMF, MB, New River, NC ”Para”
A Co, 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 Cpl, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field “Para; 3, Ext. enl executed for 2 years; 12, ext enl eff.”
Aug 1942 Cpl, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Gavutu-Tanambogo, Solomon Islands)
Sep 1942 Cpl, A Co, 1st ParaBn, 1st MarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)”14, KIA”

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 Presidential Unit Citation
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal-1 star
World War II Victory Medal

James, Stanley Dyess, Cpl