This list of the China Marines was created by William H. Crittenden, author of "From China Marine to Jap POW." Used with permission of author and his publisher, Turner Publishing. Recommendation:

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New External Link for China Marines If you wish a "Tab delimited" files for use in any spreadsheet or word processing program, contact us. NORTH CHINA MARINES as of DECEMBER 7, 1941 These men were NOT part of the 4th Marine Regiment. These Marines were assigned to embassy and consulate duties. The 4th had left for the Philippines in November of 1941. Used with permission of W.H. Crittenden; edited by John Power Last web Rev: 15 Jan 2003 Contact us for the latest update. Available as a comma delimited, XLS or QPW file Note: Attached US Navy Personnel indicated as "Navy-NCM". Name, Service No, Rank, Unit, Service, Place of Capture, Place of Rescue or Death, Home Town ADAMS, William L.,269733,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking AKERS, Irving M.,266385,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Rural Retreat, VA ALLEN, Walter C.,272054,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Waxahachie, TX ANDERSON, Allison L.,273921,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Bastrop, LA ANDERSON, Willis W.,262648,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking ANDRESSEN, Arnold,264170,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,29 Palms, CA ARMSTRONG, Robert L.,235100,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking ARMSTRONG, Wade H.,279915,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,San Antonio, TX ASHURST, William W.,O-28,Col,Commanding Officer,USMC,Peking,Hakodate #2 BATTLES, Connie G.,270953,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Risco, MO BEAVERS, John,276361,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Carriere, MS BECKER, Robert C.,279798,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,San Francisco, CA BEEMAN, Gerald,267434,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Belibrook, OH BEESON, Darrell M.,278470,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,Hakodate #3,Carthage, MO BENNETT, Raymond O.,271628,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Irving, TX BENNISON, Elroy L.,266271,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,Hakodate #3,Cincinnati, OH BENSON, Benjamin R.,273484,Fld Cook,,USMC,Peking,,Modesto, CA BENTON, Willie L.,272516,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Fort Worth, TX BERG, Norman J.,264339,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Hakodate #3,Orange, CA Bertels, Alton J.,,Sgt,unk,USMC,unk,Died 23 Mar 45,Kiangwan, China BIGGS, Chester M. Jr.,276355,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,Hakodate #3,Hope Mifis, NC BISHOP, Jack R.,238038,SSgt,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Albany, OR BLACK, Loy J.,3416143,PhM1c,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Florida BLAHUTA, Alvin H.,276573,Cpl,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Abboutt, TX Boark, Clyde E,,Cpl,unk,USMC,unk,Died 19 Jan 45,Kiangwan, China BOYDEN, William H.,287926,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Houston, TX BRADSHAW, A.Z.,240354,Cpl,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Texas BRAWDY, Ira M.,284013,Fld Music,,USMC,Tientsin,,Whitehall, MI BRIGHAM, William J.,282064,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,Naoetsu,Aurora, MO BRIMMER, Charles W.,243341,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Owings, MD,Last seen Ward Road jail 9 Oct 44 BROWN, Fred H.,278739,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,Hakodate #3,Norfolk, VA BROWN, Harold P.,269594,Cpl,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Auburn, WA BROWN, Luther A.,O3815,Major,Command Officer,USMC,Tientsin BUCHER, Carroll W.,,FM Cpl,,USMC,Peking,Died 28 Aug 42,Woo Sung, China BUNN, Douglas A.,273996,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Akron, OH CALLIS, James A.,221657,Sup Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Florida CARLSON, August W.,O7086,QM Clerk [WO],,USMC,Tientsin CARPENTER, Thomas R.,236621,SSgt,B Co,USMC,Peking CARSON, Morris A.,276700,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Garden Grove, CA CASH, Holland,196916,Plt Sgt,A Co,USMC,Peking,Died 18 Nov 44,Kiangwan, China,Appendicitis CASTLETON, John Vallia,3558168,PhM1c,,Navy-NCM,Tientsin,,Red Oak, IA CASTOR, Melvin H.,269024,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Westminster, CA CHAMBERS, Philip S.,266131,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Northridge, CA CHITTENDEN, William H.,276245,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,Niigata 5B,Wheaton, IL CIARRACHI, Victor F.,266730,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Elmhurst, IL CLARK, Kenneth R.,260223,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Bothell, WA CLARK, Russell P.,246035,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Grand Prairie, TX CLIMIE, James F.,O4869,Capt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Philadelphia, PA COLE, James Hector,280867,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking CRAFTS, Glenn F.,266550,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking CREWS, T.G.,266722,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,,Dallas, TX CROTEAU, Egdar A.,281533,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Minneapolis, MN DARR, Charles H.,266346,Chief Cook,,USMC,Peking,,San Diego, CA DAVIS, Herman,,PhM3c,,Navy-NCM,Chingwangtao,,New York DAVIS, Jack,189845,Sgt Major,,USMC,Tientsin DAVIS, Kenneth W.,274063,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin DAVISON, Arthur C.,258541,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking DAWSON, Jasper F.,270073,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking DEDMON, Theodore R.,223029,Cpl,,USMC,Chingwangtao DEES, William J.,,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Reno, NV DIETZ, Cecil M.,155076,Sgt Major,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Montgomery. NY DITEWIG, Wilbur E.,268229,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking DOBSON, Roy A.,275484,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking ECCLES, Raymond E.W.,241969,SSgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,San Rafael, CA ELLIS, Clifford L.,214445,MGySgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,San Diego, CA ELLISON, John H.,265558,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,,Ninety Six, SC ELVESTAD, Henry A.,242331,SSgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking ENGLER, Irvin J.,268108,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Vista, CA ESTEP, Norman R.,270225,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Spokane, WA EVANS, Glenn G.,282364,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Santa Ana, CA FITZGERALD, Bernard J.,270873,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Laramie, WY FOLEY, William T.,79275,Lt MC,,Navy-NCM,Tientsin,,New York, NY FOSTER, Abner E.,141984,MSgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Philadelphia, PA FOUCHE, Chandler E.,256329,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Hoten,Albany, GA FOX, Edwin,3717192,PhM1c,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,San Diego, CA FREHR, Joseph J.,273898,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Citrus Heights, CA FREIBERGER, Walter E.,280154,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Saint Paul, MN GAFF, Max S.,273554,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Fort Wayne, IN GENTRY, Mark N.,279743,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,Kobe #2 [Kobe House],Lopez PA & Little Rock AR GESSNER, Maurice E.,276255,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Minot, ND GLAZE, James E.,280639,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Florence, MS GOLDMAN, Luther E.,272323,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking GOUDY, Ralph H.,273116,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,Died as POW,Kawasaki, Japan GRAY, Martin L.,281021,Fld Music,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Fort Worth, TX GRIFFIN, Earl D.,273482,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Houston, TX GUYNN, Marion,265847,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Vista, CA HABERMAN, Robert,275598,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Inglewood, CA HALL, Ellison K.,2651553,CPhM,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Washington, DC HALL, Richard T.,273991,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao HARBISON, Leonard S.,272979,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Chula Vista, CA HARDWAY, James F.,265079,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,,Henderson, NV HARMON, Jack B.,265714,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Portland, OR HAUGO, Morris F.,252181,Sgt,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Camp Lejeune, NC HESTER, James R.,O4460,Capt,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Harrison, AR HINKLE, James E.,274935,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,San Marcos, CA HIRSCHKAMP, George,271109,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Sand Point, ID HOFFMAN, Harold A.,275355,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Fukuoka #3, HORNSBY, Jack C.,268086,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,Itchioka,Abilene, TX HOWARD, William H.,241644,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Sacramento, CA HUIZENGA, Richard M.,O5950,2nd Lt,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Chatham, VA HUMPHREY, Thomas S.,278976,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Fountain Valley, CA HUNT, William S.,3810783,PhM1c,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Long Beach, CA JARRETT, Elmer P.,220489,SSgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,National City, CA JESSE, John H.,267752,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Pasadena, CA JOHNSON, Earl Russel,2016465,HA1c,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Hudson, FL JONES, Joel,262819,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Crystal Springs, MS KAHL, William A.,243842,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Fukuoka #3 KEITH, Robert V.,268512,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Charlotte Harbor, FL KELLY, Bernard F.,264858,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Bainbridge, WA KILLEBREW, William E.,,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Died 10 Feb 1944,Fukuoka #3 Acute Pneumonia KIRK, Terrance S.,260583,Cpl,,USMC,Chingwangtao,Fukuoka #3,Redwood Valley, CA KIRKPATRICK, Edward,275602,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,Fukuoka #3,Inchon, Korea KOSSYTA, Frank J.,269981,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,Hakodate #3,San Diego, CA LADY, Dennis G.,244160,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin LA REAU, Robert A.,268217,Cpl,,USMC,Chingwangtao,Naoetsu,Apopka, FL LARSON, Ernest T.,275603,Fld Music,,USMC,Tientsin,,Vancouver, WA LEASE, Raymond E.,,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,Died as POW,Kawasaki, Japan LEE, William A.,O5052,CWO,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Fredericksberg, VA LEON, Antonio,266725,Chief Cook,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Riverside, CA LEPPERT, Roy W.,268718,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Tenmile, OR LINDSEY, George D,,266252,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Oceanside, CA LITZ, Eugene H.,262284,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking LOGAN, Emit F.,265072,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Vallejo, CA LUDLOW, Charles C.,281464,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Elizabethtown, TN LUSK, Thomas V.,271990,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Naval Hospital MacDONALD, Edward L.,244624,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Triangle, VA MARSHALL, Donald R.,269696,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Tientsin,,Missoula, MT MATTHEWS, Raymond L.,268802,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Sacramento, CA McBRAYER, James D.,O5927,2nd Lt,A Co,USMC,Peking,Escaped,Isle of Palms, SC McCARTHY, Roy B.,280622,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,San Leandro, CA McCAULLEY, Edwin P.,,Major,,USMC,Peking,Repatriated Jun 1942 McFARLAND, George W.,247926,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,Hakodate #3,Granby, MO McLEOD, Wilfred N.,231060,Cpl,,USMC,Chingwangtao McMAHON, Ronald O.,278018,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Norco, CA McSHANE, George L.,280623,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Storm Lake, IA MELTON, Oliver S.,259344,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Beaufort, SC MILLER, Frank,154633,1st Sgt,A Co,USMC,Peking,,San Francisco, CA MILLER, Orin R.,271844,Chief Cook,,USMC,Peking,,Minden, NV MOHR, Frederick B.,256667,Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking NAHAS, Richard,274248,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Merced, CA NEUSE, Max H.,,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,Died 5 Nov 1944, Fukuoka #3 Beri Beri NEWHOUSE, Gerald A.,190876,1st Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Frankfort, IN NEWTON, George R.,O5786,1st Lt,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Mountain View, CA NOVAK, Frank J.,268349,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,Rokuroshi,Argonne WI O'NEAL, Elza C.,268994,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Lyons, GA ORR, Herbert J.,279825,PFC,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Oceanside, CA PARR, Charles W.,262101,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking PARR, George W.,267336,Field Cook,,USMC,Peking,,Port Angeles, WA PARRISH, Lloyd G.,276490,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Austin, TX PERMENTER, Calvin,280810,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Dallas, TX PIERCE, Charles D.,237572,TSgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Alabama PITNER, John D.,273490,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking PLOG, Francis L.,280836,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,Hakodate #3,Green Bay, WS POLLARD, Eric G.F.,76639,Lt DC,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Virginia Beach, VA PRATER, Frank Pasqual,272991,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,Hakodate #3,North Canton, OH PRATTE, Ralph,280626,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Saint Louis, MO PRUETT, Johnnie M.,279936,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking RAMSEY, Marvin C.,269700,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao READER, William D.,271505,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Harrison, AK REHM, Orville,200213,QM Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking REILLY, Walter J.,256622,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Woodbridge, VA RETZKE, Harold I.,262943,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Hakodate #3,Rosamond, CA RIDER, Neil O.,277675,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,Rokuroshi,Lynchburg, VA RIDER, Richard,,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Died as POW,Osaka, Japan RILEY, William E.,2720193,PhM1c,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Abbeville, AL ROARK, Clyde E.,,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,Died as POW,Woo Sung, China RODRIQUEZ, Fernando C.,,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,Died as POW,Osaka, Japan RYAN John F.,2235711,PhM3c,,Navy-NCM,Tientsin,,Manchester, NH SALAY, Steve A.,278502,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,Fukuoka #3,Defiance, OH SAWYER, Alvin E.,272867,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,Fukuoka #3,Saint Louis, MO SCHICK, Michael J.,230789,Sup Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Washington, DC SCHNEIDER, Jacob V.,268726,Cpl,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Portland, OR SCHRADER, Arthur H.,3166270,PhM3c,,Navy-NCM,Tientsin,,Santee, CA SEDENBERG, Leslie,278339,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Clearwater, FL SERRA, Miguel,258333,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,,Las Vegas, NV SHEETS, Freemont F.,273121,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking SIMO, Marino J.,264177,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Redding, CA SMITH, Dick R.,273069,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Louisiana SMITH, Raymond E.,234654,SSgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,San Diego, CA SMITH, Robert A.,221731,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,Fukuoka #3,Hackensack, NJ SOMERS, James M.,260420,Cpl,Hq Co,USMC,Peking SOUSEK, Merlyn J.,280839,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Keokuk, IA SPARKMAN, Orville R.,280818,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Irving, TX STEWART, Charles A.,280627,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Houston, TX STEWART, Jimmie L.,269731,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking STOCKTON, Frank,273123,PFC,,USMC,Chingwangtao,,Tuscon, AZ STOHLMAN, Matthew H.,269630,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Montebello, CA STONE, George B. Jr.,269135,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Oakland, CA STORY, Jerold B.,279835,Cpl,A Co,USMC,Peking,escaped Ward Rd 9 Oct 44,Tallahassee, FL STOWERS, Henry B.,237779,Sup Sgt,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Milton, FL STROMSTAD, Eric,233754,Sgt,A Co,USMC,Peking SYDOW, Alan A.D.,272347,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Saint Joseph, MO THOMAS, Harold,,PFC,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Springfield, MO THYSON, Leo C.,10043,Cmdr MC,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Washington, DC TIMPANY, David A.,280840,Cpl,,USMC,Tientsin,Hakodate #3,Janesville, WS TROTH, Leslie R.,272547,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Sepulveda, CA WALMER, Dan,3416252,PhM1c,,Navy-NCM,Peking,,Warrington, FL WARSHAFSKY, Jack,258561,Sgt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Chicago, IL WEBER, Richard D.,O5791,1st Lt,,USMC,Tientsin,,Hampton, VA WELSH, Thomas P.,265064,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Petaluma, CA WHIPPLE, John W.,295227,PFC,Hq Co,USMC,Peking,,Tacoma, WA WHITE, John A.,O4653,Capt,,USMC,Tientsin WILLIAMS, Robert L.,7024,Pay Clerk [WO],,USMC,Peking WILSON, James Courtney,265998,PFC,,USMC,Tientsin,,Dallas, TX WOLF, Herman,186469,Sgt,A Co,USMC,Peking,,Queens, NY WRATHALL, John C.,265991,Cpl,B Co,USMC,Peking,,Paramount, CA  TOP OF PAGE