Before anyone gets up in arms(1) over my calling this jarhead a moron after reading about his
court martial, take this into account:
He converted to Seventh Day Adventist and then reenlisted later. If his conscientious objector status was so important to him; he would have insisted on it being part of his reenlistment package. Otherwise he shouldn't have reenlisted as a jarhead. He could have switched branches and joined the army or navy as a conscientious objector.
Then again, marines don't tend to be the brightest bulbs.
(1) Kill me for this pun if you must. But it had to be said.