Corporal Manuel John Pimentel

Corporal Manuel John Pimentel, of Medford, cherished son of the late Joseph N. and Ebaugeline (Iucarnecao) Pimentel. Manuel enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on October 11th, 1939. He served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and was killed in action on September 24th, 1942, at the Guadalcanal.
Cpl Pimentel was reportedly buried in a Marine cemetery on the Island, but searches of the site following the end of hostilities were unable to locate his remains. Cpl Pimentel was memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
During a recent excavation at the Lunga Guadalcanal skeletal remains were found. Possible relatives of fallen soldiers were contacted and asked to participate in a voluntary DNA test. Manuel's nephew Manuel (who was named after his late uncle) took the test and was a positive match.
Cpl Manuel will be reunited with his family after 82 years and will be laid to rest with his mother Ebaugeline and his brother Joseph at their family grave located in Cambridge Cemetery, on Monday, April 29th, with full military honors. Service time will be determined at a later date. Please check our website for further details.
Cpl Manuel was the recipient of the following awards World War II Victory Medal; Purple Heart; Combat Action Medal; Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation; Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal.