The 4th Marine Division is a reserve division in the United States Marine Corps.It was raised in 1943 for service during World War II, and subsequently fought in the Pacific against the Japanese.Deactivated after the war, the division was re-formed in 1966 and elements of the division deployed during the Gulf War in 1990–1991. In May 1965 the battalion landed at LZ Blue (west of Green Beach) near Chu Lai. The Corps’ unit and individual records provide a very detailed look at the service and sacrifice of Marines who served and came home, as well as those who served and died. Died on March 21, 2003. The U.S. Marine Corps suffered enormous casualties during the Pacific campaigns of World War II.

Others may join as discussed in the Association Bylaws. 15K likes. He assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. The 2/4 Association is a veterans organization (Tax EIN 31-1720488) formed to operate and administer members and former members of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, United States Marine Corps (The “Magnificent Bastards”). He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. Zachary C. Reiff, 22, from Preston, Iowa, died Nov. 21, 2011 while on active duty with the United States Marine Corps in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

For the next four days the battle raged, too close for air support or artillery. Killed in action in southern Iraq. It became a battle of small arms, mortars, and flamethrowers against Japanese hidden deep in caves and crevices. Pedro Contreras, Juan Lopez and Deshon E. Otey remain a mystery, but Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment had the opportunity to say goodbye to their fallen comrades July 9. 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Click here for tribute and guest book. 2nd Lt. Therrel Shane Childers, 30, of Harrison County, Mississippi. 2nd Battalion 4th Marines was once again committed to ground combat operations, this time in South Vietnam. 2d Battalion, 4th Marines deploys as a Battalion Landing Team to any operating environment and defeats the enemies of … Zachary C. Reiff, United States Marine Corps Cpl. Cpl . Three battalions––2nd and 3rd, 25th Marines, and 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines––launched the 4th Marine Division’s last major attack on Iwo Jima.

The four Company E infantrymen were manning an observation post in Ar Ramadi June 21. Sgt.

This includes all personnel having been attached or assigned to the Battalion during its inception in 1911. The first major engagement for the battalion was Operation Starlite (the first regimental sized battle for American forces since the Korean War) in August 1965.

2d Battalion 4th Marines, Camp Pendleton. Died on April 6, 2004.