1956 RIBBON CREEK
Six U.S Marine recruits drowned on the night of 8 April 1956 in a swampy marsh on Parris Island, SC when their Drill Instructor, SSgt Matthew McKeon ordered the men of Platoon 71 into the water as part of a nighttime disciplinary march
Thomas Curtis Hardeman
Parris Island Front Gate, 1718 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, United States
Branch: Marine Corps
Death Year: 1956
Age: 20
Cause: Drowned
Donald Francis O'Shea
Parris Island Front Gate, 1718 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, United States
Branch: Marine Corps
Death Year: 1956
Age: 18
Cause: Drowned
Charles Francis Reilly
Parris Island Front Gate, 1718 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, United States
Branch: Marine Corps
Death Year: 1956
Age: 18
Cause: Drowned
Jerry Lamonte Thomas
Parris Island Front Gate, 1718 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, United States
Branch: Marine Corps
Death Year: 1956
Age: 17
Cause: Drowned
Leroy Thompson
Parris Island Front Gate, 1718 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, United States
Branch: Marine Corps
Death Year: 1956
Age: 18
Cause: Drowned
Norman Alfred Wood
Parris Island Front Gate, 1718 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, South Carolina 29906, United States
Branch: Marine Corps
Death Year: 1956
Age: 17
Cause: Drowned