DAVID S. MCDOUGAL, LTCOL, USMC ‘33
★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
On this date in 1945 three alumni were killed in action during the ferocious fighting on Okinawa. LTCOL David McDougal '33 was commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Day '45 was a member of 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 2LT Lloyd Wyatt, Jr. '45 the 1st Battalion, 29th Marines. In addition to Arthur and Lloyd being classmates, they were both in the 8th Company at the Naval Academy.
While Arthur and Lloyd had been Marines for barely a year, David had been stationed aboard ships and at Marine Barracks across the country. He served 22 months in the South Pacific, including on Guadalcanal when, as a Major, he took command of his battalion when his CO was wounded or killed. After a week in the role he was wounded (in October 1942); he was wounded again at Cape Gloucester in December 1943.
We remember all three of these men. To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/DAVID_S._MCDOUGAL,_LTCOL,_USMC
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/ARTHUR_C._DAY,_2LT,_USMC
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/LLOYD_K._WYATT,_JR.,_2LT,_USMC
ARTHUR C. DAY, 2LT, USMC, ‘45
LLOYD K. WYATT, JR., 2LT, USMC, ‘45