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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