Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 "Dixie Doers"
1942-1945 The Navy first commissioned Naval Construction Battalion Twenty-Four (NCB-24)on 04 September, 1942 at NCTC Norfolk, Virginia, with Commander H. Roy Whitaker as Commanding Officer. After initial training in Gulfport, Mississippi and Port Hueneme, California, the battalion embarked for the Pacific Theatre where it began its outstanding service during World War II. NCB-24 saw action at New Caledonia, lie Nou, Guadalcanal, Rendova, and Munda Island.
Mother: Elizabeth B Milligan
Service ID: 6477665.
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Storekeeper Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From New Jersey
Date of Death July 19 1944 (Declared Dead)
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
MILLIGAN, Robert S, Jr, SK2, 6477665, Construction Battalion 24, New Georgia operations, July 18, 1943, missing, declared dead July 19, 1944.
MIA Location: Blanche Channel[Solomon Islands]
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Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 "Dixie Doers"
1942-1945 The Navy first commissioned Naval Construction Battalion Twenty-Four (NCB-24)on 04 September, 1942 at NCTC Norfolk, Virginia, with Commander H. Roy Whitaker as Commanding Officer. After initial training in Gulfport, Mississippi and Port Hueneme, California, the battalion embarked for the Pacific Theatre where it began its outstanding service during World War II. NCB-24 saw action at New Caledonia, lie Nou, Guadalcanal, Rendova, and Munda Island.
Mother: Elizabeth B Milligan
Service ID: 6477665.
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Storekeeper Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From New Jersey
Date of Death July 19 1944 (Declared Dead)
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
MILLIGAN, Robert S, Jr, SK2, 6477665, Construction Battalion 24, New Georgia operations, July 18, 1943, missing, declared dead July 19, 1944.
MIA Location: Blanche Channel[Solomon Islands]
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
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