Joseph Endicott

Goodwin was born in Portland, Oregan the son of Lemuel & Ossie Virginia Howard Endicott, Nov 22, 1915.  He served in the  Marine Corps.  The first muster roll record we have of him is as a Private in San Diego, California in 1933.  By December of that year, however, he was aboard the USS Augusta in Manila in the Philippines.   By May, 1934, however, still a Private,  he was transferred to the USS Astoria in Bremerton, Washington.  In 1935, he was aboard the USS Henderson, in Cavite in the Philippines, and by June, 1935, with the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 4th Marine Regiment, in Shanghai, China.  In August, 1936, he left Shanghai aboard the USS Henderson and by October, was in the Marine Barracks in Mare Island, California.  From there he was sent to San Diego.

In California on June 14, 1937, he reenlisted and was promoted to Private First Class and was attached to a Reserve Unit in San Francisco, California.  In June, 1938, he was with the 13th Reserve District in Bremerton, Washington and was still there in December, 1940. 

 

          On January 7, 1942, he reenlisted and was with Headquarters Company, Service Battalion in San Diego, California.  By April, 1943, he was a Gunnery Sergeant and with Casual Company, Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Moffett,  California.  (A Casual Company is a unit awaiting reassignment.)   In October, 1943, he was a First Sergeant with the Marine Detachment in Portsmouth, Virginia.  A year later, in October, 1944, he was with the First Casual Company, Guard Battalion, in San Diego, California. In April 1945, he was with the First Separation Company, also in San Diego.

 

          In October, 1945, he was with Marine Supply Detachment #1, Service Squadron Ten, USS Carmita (Ix-152) based out of San Francisco, California. In July 1946, he was with the First Separation Company in San Diego again.

 

          By January, 1947 he was a Master Sergeant and by August, 1950, still a Master Sergeant, he was serving at Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion of the 1st Marine Division.   By July 1952, he was a Lieutenant with Company C, Headquarters Marine Corps.   He eventually was promoted to Captain.

 

SS Death Index has DOD as Feb 26, 1995.  Death occurred in Sacramento, CA.

 

Father….Lemuel Potter Endicott  Jun 24, 1879 – Feb 22, 1951  (born in Gallatin Co. IL)

Mother…Ossie Virginia Howard  1877 – Nov 18, 1944

1930 Census has Goodwin Potter Endicott, age 14, living in Clackamas, Oregon with his parents and older brother Lemuel H.