World War II Honoree

Carl 'Coke' Raymond Hallgren

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Patricia, Christina & Cynthia Hallgren

Relationship

Wife & Daughters

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. ENLISTED ON JULY 1, 1942. RECRUIT TRAINING COMPLETED AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON AUGUST 22, 1942. DEPARTED U.S. ON AUGUST 31, 1942 FOR SOUTH PACIFIC. JOINED THE 22D MARINE REGIMENT AT WESTERN SAMOA. REGIMENT SUPPORTED KWAJALEIN ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS INVASION, JANUARY 1944. REGIMENT INVADED ENIWETOK ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS IN FEBRUARY 1944, CONDUCTING HOSTILE LANDINGS ON 3 ISLANDS. REGIMENT RELOCATED TO GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS, APRIL 1944. FIRST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE COMPOSED OF 4TH AND 22ND MARINE REGIMENTS INVADED GUAM IN JULY 1944 TO CONSTITUTE ONLY MARINE BRIGADE COMBAT ACTION BY MARINES IN WWII. BRIGADE RETURNED TO GUADALCANAL, AUGUST 1944. NEW SIXTH MARINE DIVISION FORMED WITH 22ND MARINES, AS ONE OF ITS THREE INFANTRY REGIMENTS IN OCTOBER 1944. DEPARTED GUADALCANAL ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944. ARRIVED AT SAN DIEGO NOVEMBER 21, 1944. COMPLETED BALANCE OF FOUR YEARS SERVICE IN WWII IN U.S. DISCHARGED ON JUNE 30, 1946 AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA.