Clarence Duckworth Slater
United States Marine Corps Corporal Clarence Duckworth Slater was born in New Jersey on November 22nd 1887.
Clarence enlisted as a Private in the Marine Corps on May 7th 1906. In June, he was transferred from the Marine Barracks, Brooklyn to the Marine detachment aboard the Pennsylvania-class Armored Cruiser U.S.S. Colorado where he served as a 3 pound Gun Pointer 2nd class. President Roosevelt held a Presidential Naval Review aboard the U.S.S. Colorado before it sailed for the Asiatic Station, on September 7th 1906. After cruising to Japan and China to represent American interests in the Far East, she returned to San Francisco, on September 27th 1907, for exercises along the Californian and Mexican coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, and off Central and South America.
Pvt. Slater qualified as a sharpshooter on November 4th 1907, and received this badge on November 16th 1907. The following year in October, he qualified as an expert rifleman and received the expert bar dated 1908. For unknown reasons he did not add the bar to the medal and it was lost to time.
In June 1909, he was transferred off the USS Colorado. In July 1909 transferred to the Marine Corps Camp of Instruction, Sea Girt. Corporal Slater was back on the rifle range in December 1909 when he was transferred to the Marine Corps Rifle Range, Stump Neck, Maryland. He was then transferred to the Marine Corps Rifle Range, Winthrop M.D. in January 1910 and issued the Expert Rifleman’s Badge.
Private Slater was promoted to Corporal on April 1st 1910 and then honorable discharged from the Marines on May 6th 1910, he was recommended for a good conduct upon reenlistment.
Around 1919, Clarence moved to California and started work as a backstage carpenter for Paramount studios where he eventually advances to be the stage manager at Columbia Studios.
United States Marine Corps Corporal Clarence Duckworth Slater passed away January 10th 1942 and he is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
Clarence enlisted as a Private in the Marine Corps on May 7th 1906. In June, he was transferred from the Marine Barracks, Brooklyn to the Marine detachment aboard the Pennsylvania-class Armored Cruiser U.S.S. Colorado where he served as a 3 pound Gun Pointer 2nd class. President Roosevelt held a Presidential Naval Review aboard the U.S.S. Colorado before it sailed for the Asiatic Station, on September 7th 1906. After cruising to Japan and China to represent American interests in the Far East, she returned to San Francisco, on September 27th 1907, for exercises along the Californian and Mexican coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, and off Central and South America.
Pvt. Slater qualified as a sharpshooter on November 4th 1907, and received this badge on November 16th 1907. The following year in October, he qualified as an expert rifleman and received the expert bar dated 1908. For unknown reasons he did not add the bar to the medal and it was lost to time.
In June 1909, he was transferred off the USS Colorado. In July 1909 transferred to the Marine Corps Camp of Instruction, Sea Girt. Corporal Slater was back on the rifle range in December 1909 when he was transferred to the Marine Corps Rifle Range, Stump Neck, Maryland. He was then transferred to the Marine Corps Rifle Range, Winthrop M.D. in January 1910 and issued the Expert Rifleman’s Badge.
Private Slater was promoted to Corporal on April 1st 1910 and then honorable discharged from the Marines on May 6th 1910, he was recommended for a good conduct upon reenlistment.
Around 1919, Clarence moved to California and started work as a backstage carpenter for Paramount studios where he eventually advances to be the stage manager at Columbia Studios.
United States Marine Corps Corporal Clarence Duckworth Slater passed away January 10th 1942 and he is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
His World War I draft registration is a mystery, as it states he was born in Texas and was living in New York.