Queener, Eugene Clinton

Name and Rank, Private Eugene Clinton Queener.

Unit/Placed in, 3rd bat, 5th Marines, United States Marine Corps.

Eugene was born approx. on Oct 4, 1925 in Berkley, California.

Father, Clinton A. Queener.

Mother, Frances E. (Brewer) Queener.

Brother, Verton Queener.

Eugene entered the service in California with service number # 910933.

Eugene C. Queener was a Private/Soldier (Rifleman) in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Eugene was KIA during the battle over Peleliu, on Sep. 20, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal Marine Corps, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Eugene is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,

National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to http://brothersinbattle.net/

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian