Scott, Robert Raymond

Date of birth:: July 13th, 1915 (Massillon/Ohio, United States)
Date of death:: December 7th, 1941 (Pearl Harbor, Hawaiï)
Buried on:: Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 34. Grave: 3939.
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Medal of Honor - Navy/Marine Corps (MoH)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Machinist's Mate First Class
Unit:: U.S.S. California (BB-44), U.S. Navy
Awarded for:: Operation Z (1941)

"For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. The compartment, in the U.S.S. California, in which the air compressor, to which Scott was assigned as his battle station, was flooded as the result of a torpedo hit. The remainder of the personnel evacuated that compartment but Scott refused to leave, saying words to the effect "This is my station and I will stay and give them air as long as the guns are going.''

Awarded posthumously

Medal of Honor - Navy/Marine Corps (MoH)

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Machinist's Mate First Class
Unit:: U.S.S. California (BB-44), U.S. Navy

Posthumously awarded

American Defence Service Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

World War Two Victory Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- www.findagrave.com (John Evans)
-Jordan, Kenneth N., Yesterday’s Heroes, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1996.
- Robert Scott