Gaston Hershel Laverne

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Hershel Laverne Gaston is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Asan Bay Guam Landing Memorial Wall

Name:

Hershel Laverne Gaston

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

306691

Unit:

22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade

Date of Death:

1944-07-25

State:

Oklahoma

Cemetery:

Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma, USA

Plot:

Section 1 Block 44

Row:

Lot 373

Grave:

Space 5

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Hershel Laverne Gaston was born on March 7, 1920. He was the son of Harry Hubert Gaston and Ethel Rae Vincent Gaston.

Gaston graduated from Mutual High School in 1938 as Valedictorian of his class and was awarded a certificate of honor and a college scholarship. He attended Business College, Wichita, Kansas, for one year.

He served in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade as a Platoon Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 25, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.

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