Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....SANDERS, PFC WILIAM LAMAR 
WWII - Enlistment U.S. MARINES
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WW11 CRISP COUNTY VETERAN
BORN; DECEMBER 26,1921, FORT VALLEY,GA.
 ENLISTED IN US MARINE CORPS JULY 19,1940,AT MACON,GA.
 TRAINED; PARRIS ISLND, S.C. JULY 20 TO OCT. 1,1940. ASSIGNED TO SEA DUTY AND
FURTHER TRAINING AT PORTSMOUTH,VA.
 WENT ABOARD CRUISER U.S.S. QUINCY AT NEW YORK, APRIL 10,1941.SAW SERVICE IN
ATLANTIC CONVOY TO ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA. SHIP IN DRY DOCK AT BOSTON DURING MONTH
OF APRIL 1942. SAILED FOR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ,MAY 1942 WITH TASK FORCE FOR SOUTH
PACIFIC. MET OTHER TASK FORCES IN SOUTH PACIFIC FOR MANUEVERS. HAD PART IN TROOP
CONVOY AND INVASION OF GUADALCANAL, AUGUST 7,1942 ,ATTACHED TO SCREENING FORCES FOR
LANDING OPERATIONS AUGUST 7-8. SHIP WAS SUNK BY SHELL FIRE,1 ;30 AM,AUG 9,1942,THREE
MILES OFF SHORE OF HENDERSON FIELD. DIED AT HIS POST OF OPERATOR OF A 5 INCH
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON THAT DATE.
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, CORDELE,GA.,WITH MILITARY
HONORS ON NOV 1,1942
 AWARDED PURPLE HEART,AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE,MEDAL WITH FLEET CLASP,ASIATIC
-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.

Additional Comments:
THIS HISTORICAL RECORD IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM LAMAR SANDERS, FOR HE
WAS THE FIRST OF MANY MEN OF CRISP COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES  IN DEFENSE OF THE
GREATEST COUNTRY THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
 HE AND THE MANY OTHERS ARE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. MAY THIS RECORD SERVE AS A SMALL
REMEMBERANCE OF THEIR HEROISM

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