Sailor: John Leroy Maxwell
Rank when arriving on the Boston: Seaman 1st Class (S1c)
Enlisted on: 1930-09-30 at: Indianapolis, IN
Navy Id Number: 6261115
Number of days on USS Boston: 359
Date sailor reported to the Boston: 1943-06-30 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor arrival: R/S Boston, Mass
Date sailor left from the Boston: 1943-12-28 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor departure: to R/S Pearl Harbor for confinement
Date sailor reported to the Boston: 1944-05-06 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor arrival: R/S Pearl Harbor
Date sailor left from the Boston: 1944-10-31 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor departure: U.S.S. Cape Trentenham FFT for USNH Navy#10 for treatment & disposition
Promotions for this sailor
1943-12-04 Demotion to: Seaman 2nd Class (S2c) | See Original Document Comments: Sentence of Summary Court Marshal1944-10-01 Promotion to: Seaman 1st Class (S1c) | See Original Document Comments:
Discipline for this Sailor
Captains Mast on 1943-07-25 Offense: Insolance to a Petty OfficerSentence: 5 Days bread & water
Total Loss of Pay:
Remittance:
Summary Court Martial on 1943-12-04 Offense: Breaking restrictrions AWOL 9 Hours
Sentence: Reduction to next inferior rating Extra Police Duty 90 days
Total Loss of Pay:
Remittance:
| See Original Document
Summary Court Martial on 1943-12-24 Offense: breaking arrest AWOL 6 hours 30 minutes
Sentence: Extra Police duty 90 days Solitary confinement bread & water 30 days with full ration every 5th day
Total Loss of Pay: $162
Remittance: Extra Police duty is remitted
| See Original Document
Personnel Notes for this Sailor
Was recorded in Sept 1943 Muster | See Original DocumentWas recorded in June 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in September 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Deck Log Notes for this sailor
1943-10-07 Injured this date. Diagnosis: fracture of right ankle in line of duty. Dispostion: added to the sick listMilestones for this sailor
Was present at Commissioning and is a Plank OwnerParticipated in attacks on the MARCUS ISLANDS 19-20 May and the attack on WAKE ISLAND on 23 May 1944
Participated in the engagement and rout of a major Japanese task force in the waters east of the Philippines during the period 17-21 June 1944
Participated in the attacks on GUAM and ROTA ISLANDS (Marianas Group) on 11-13 June,
and the attacks on IWO JIMA, CHICHI JIMA, and HAHA JIMA (Bonin Island group) on 15-16 June 1944
Participated in the attacks on PAGAN ISLANDS and IWO JIMA (Bonin Island group) on 23-24 June 1944
Participated in bombardment of IWO JIMA on 4 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on GUAM and ROTA during the period 6-20 July 1944,
and subsequently in operations in support of the invasion of GUAM during the period 21-22 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on PALAU ISLANDS during the period 25-27 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on PALAU ISLANDS during the period 6-8 September 1944
Participated in the attacks on CELEBES ISLANDS and the operations in support of the landing on MOROTAI ISLANDS during the period 15-16 September 1944
Participated in the attacks LUZON during the period 21-22 September 1944 and the attacks on the VISAYAN GROUP (Philippine Islands) on 24 September 1944
Participated in the attacks on NANSEI SHOTO ISLANDS on 10 October 1944