Pvt. James Patrick McFarland Jr.
Born: 16 July 1918 – Chicago, Illinois
– his family moved to Maywood in 1925
Parents: James P. McFarland Sr. & Wilhelmina M. Dupke-McFarland
– father passed away during the 1930s
Siblings: 1 sister
Hometown:
– 212 South Fifth Avenue, Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Saint James Catholic School
– Fenwick High School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1937
Married: Anna Marie Brophy
– 11 April 1941 – Cook County, Illinois
Residence: 4940 West 23rd Place – Cicero, Illinois
Occupation:
– Western Electric Company – Cicero, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Mary Marie-McFarland – mother
Enlisted:
– U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
– 16 June 1944
Inducted:
– 20 June 1944
– U.S. Marine Corps
– 27th Replacement Draft
Serial Number: 984788
Training:
– Camp Pendleton – California
– 9th Training Battalion, 4th Infantry Training Regiment
Transport:
– U.S.S. Rochambeau
– Sailed: 14 November 1944 – San Diego
– Arrived: San Francisco – same day
– formed convoy
– Sailed: 16 November 1944
– Arrived: 23 November 1944 – Honolulu, Hawaii
– Sailed: 26 November 1944
– Arrived: 4 December 1944 – Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands
– Sailed: 23 December 1944
– Arrived: 27 December 1944 – Island of Guam
– Unknown Transport
– Sailed: 17 February 1945 – Guam
– two days before the invasion of Iwo Jima
– Arrived: Iwo Jima
Assigned: 3rd Marine Division
– spent 6½ weeks training
– trained in landing crafts
– did not know they were training for Iwo Jima
– lived in tents near Village of Yona
– 8 February 1945 – marched 7 miles in full backpacks to Apra Harbor – boarded ship
Engagements:
– Battle of Iwo Jima
– Island invaded 19 February 1945
– 3rd Marines were reserve troops
– casualties so severe that reserves brought in
– 3rd Marines landed along the coast of the center area of the island – 24 February 1945
Killed in Action:
– 16 March 1945 – Iwo Jima
Buried:
– 17 June 1948 – All Saints Cemetery – Des Plaines, Illinois
– Block: 6 Section: 6 Grave: 3
