STUART W. KING, LTCOL, USMC
Stuart King '20
Lucky Bag
From the 1920 Lucky Bag:
Loss
Stuart died in Japanese captivity, probably on January 12, 1945, following his transport aboard the Hell Ship Enoura Maru. (One listing has December 31, 1944; another has January 19, 1945. Believe that the list here, with January 12, 1945, is more accurate.) Stuart had survived the bombing of the Oryoku Maru in December, and was transferred to Enoura Maru where he died right before reaching Takao, Formosa (Jan. 1) or after that ship, too, was bombed (Jan. 9).
He had been captured upon the fall of Corregidor in May 1941.
His wife, Mary, was listed as next of kin. He has a memory marker in South Carolina.
Career
He was once a member of VMI's class of 1919.
At the beginning of the war, he was commanding officer of the Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval Base, Subic Bay, PI. That unit, which included 3 officers and 73 Marines, was disbanded on December 22, 1942 and personnel transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. Stuart became "technical advisor" and executive officer to Francis Bridget '21, a patrol plane pilot who was then also the commander of the Naval Battalion. They were involved in action on the Bataan peninsula and later on Corregidor island.
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.
January 1920
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia
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January 1921
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Provisional Brigade Marines, Haiti
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January 1922
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Brigade Marines, Haiti
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May 1923
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
July 1923
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
September 1923
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
November 1923
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
January 1924
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
March 1924
2nd Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
May 1924
2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Marine Brigade, Dominican Republic
July 1924
2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Marine Brigade, Dominican Republic
September 1924
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
November 1924
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
January 1925
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
March 1925
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
May 1925
1st Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
July 1925
1st Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
October 1925
1st Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
January 1926
1st Lieutenant, 1st Marine Brigade, Haiti
October 1926
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia
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January 1927
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia
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April 1927
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia
October 1927
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Marine Brigade, China
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January 1928
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Marine Brigade, China
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April 1928
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Marine Brigade, China
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July 1928
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Marine Brigade, China
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October 1928
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Marine Brigade, China
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January 1929
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Marine Brigade, China
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April 1929
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
July 1929
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.
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October 1929
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.
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January 1930
1st Lieutenant, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.
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April 1930
1st Lieutenant, USS Pensacola
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July 1931
1st Lieutenant, USS Pensacola
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October 1931
1st Lieutenant, USS Pensacola
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January 1932
1st Lieutenant, staff, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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2LT Paul Moret '30 (Expeditionary Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia)
April 1932
1st Lieutenant, staff, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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October 1932
1st Lieutenant, under instruction, Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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January 1933
1st Lieutenant, under instruction, Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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April 1933
1st Lieutenant, under instruction, Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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July 1933
1st Lieutenant, staff, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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October 1933
1st Lieutenant, staff, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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April 1934
1st Lieutenant, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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July 1934
1st Lieutenant, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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October 1934
1st Lieutenant, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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January 1935
Captain, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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April 1935
Captain, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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October 1935
Captain, 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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January 1936
Captain, 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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April 1936
Captain, staff, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia
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1LT Thomas Jordan '26 (Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia)
1LT Harold Bauer '30 (Aircraft One, 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia)
1LT Hector De Zayas '32 (1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia)
2LT David McDougal '33 (1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia)
July 1936
Captain, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
January 1937
Captain, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
April 1937
Captain, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
September 1937
Captain, Inspector, 8th Battalion, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, Detroit, Michigan
January 1938
Captain, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
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July 1938
Captain, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
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January 1939
Captain, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
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October 1939
Major, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
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June 1940
Major, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines
Others at or embarked at Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines:
LT John Welch '23 (Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines)
November 1940
Major, commanding officer, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines
Others at or embarked at Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines:
LCDR Richard Baron '24 (Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines)
April 1941
Major, commanding officer, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines
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Others at or embarked at Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines:
LCDR Richard Baron '24 (Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines)
LT Robert Gallagher '33 (Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippines)
Class of 1920
Stuart is one of 28 members of the Class of 1920 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
