the Battalion became the 32nd Reserve Battalion and subsequently was absorbed into the 15th Reserve Battalion
also marked on suspension ring with Hounds Head with 2 & 4 thereby denoting 900 silver and manufacture in Vienna
(1914-1935 Issue)
It was recorded at this time that Towse had flown 34 sorties
and that he received the training of a Reserve Officer as of March 20
United States. A Purple Heart To Sergeant Kenneth Dwight Hartley, Kia At Umch'on, Korea, October 6, 1952 GTRexclude the Battalion became the 32ndA Korean War Purple Heart, to Sergeant Kenneth Dwight Hartley, Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division Headquarters Battalion, United States Marine Corps, KIA at Umch'on, Korea on October 6, 1952 ; Purple Heart (two piece construction, bronze gilt with purple and white enamels, engraved "SGT KENNETH D. HARTLEY USMC" on the reverse, 34. 5 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), original ribbon with brooch pinback, intact enamels, accompanied by its 36 mm (w) x 9. 8 mm