Date of death:

November 10th, 2007 (Wood River/Illinois, United States)

Nationality:

American

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division "The Silent Second", U.S. Marine Corps

For action performed on 20 November 1943, on the island Tarawa, Gilbert Islands.
His Navy Cross citation states: "Wounded in the face and right shoulder while in a landing craft, he, his right arm useless, continued to shore where he remained 36 hours, disregarding his own needs, to organize and lead his platoon."

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

2nd Lieutenant (Second-lieutenant)

Unit:

Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division "The Silent Second", U.S. Marine Corps

• - Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present, by C. Douglas Sterner
  - Hammel, E. & Lane, J.E., Bloody Tarawa – The 2nd Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943, Zenith Press, St. Paul, USA, 2006
  - WW2 Gyrene .org