World War II Honoree

Lester Cleveland O'Quinn, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Brunswick, Georgia

Honored By

Lester C. O'Quinn III

Relationship

Son

ARRIVED AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA IN NOVEMBER 1942. SERVED ONE YEAR OF GUARD DUTY AT NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. SHIPPED OUT IN JANUARY 1944 WITH 39TH REPLACEMENT BATTALION. BECAME PART OF 1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE IN FEBRUARY 1944 ON GUADALCANAL. PARTICIPATED IN RETAKING OF GUAM, THEN RETURNED TO GUADALCANAL, WHERE BRIGADE WAS JOINED BY 29TH MARINE REGIMENT TO BECOME 6TH MARINE DIVISION. INVADED OKINAWA IN APRIL 1945. MOVED WITH DIVISION TO TSINGTAO, CHINA TO ACCEPT SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IN NORTH CHINA. DISCHARGED IN JANUARY 1946 AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.