Navy Medal of Honor: World War II
These individuals earned
the Navy Medal of Honor during the period specified. Their names
are followed by their rank and rate, if known, the date of the
action and the vessel or unit on which they served.
U.S. Navy Recipients
ANTRIM, RICHARD NOTT, Commander, U.S. Navy., Makassar, Celebes,
Netherlands East Indies, April 1942.
BENNION, MERVYN SHARP (posthumous), Captain, U.S. Navy, USS West
Virginia, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 07 December 1941
BIGELOW, ELMER CHARLES (posthumous), Watertender First Class,
U.S. Naval Reserve, USS Fletcher, 14 February 1945
BULKELEY, JOHN DUNCAN, Lieutenant Commander, Commander of Motor
Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, U.S. Navy., Philippine waters, 7 December
1941 to 10 April 1942.
BUSH, ROBERT EUGENE, Hospital Apprentice First Class, U.S. Naval
Reserve, serving as Medical Corpsman with a rifle company, 2d
Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division., Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu
Islands, 2 May 1945.
CALLAGHAN, DANIEL JUDSON, (posthumous), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy.,
Off Savo Island, 12-13 November 1942
CROMWELL, JOHN PHILIP (posthumous), Captain, U.S. Navy, Submarine
Coordinated Attack Group, USS Sculpin, Off Truk Island, 19 November
1943
DAVID, ALBERT LEROY (posthumous), Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S.
Navy, USS Pillsbury, Off French West Africa, 4 June 1944
DAVIS, GEORGE FLEMING (posthumous), Commander, U.S. Navy, USS
Walke, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 6 January 1945
DEALEY, SAMUEL DAVID (posthumous), Commander, U.S. Navy, USS Harder
EVANS, ERNEST EDWIN (posthumous), Commander, U.S. Navy, USS Johnston,
Off Samar on 25 October 1944
FINN, JOHN WILLIAM, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy [then a Chief Petty
Officer], Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Territory of Hawaii,
7 December 1941.
FLAHERTY, FRANCIS C. (posthumous), Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve,
USS Oklahoma, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 07 December 1941
FLUCKEY, EUGENE BENNETT, Commander, U.S. Navy, Commanding USS
Barb., Along coast of China, 19 December 1944 to 15 February 1945.
FUQUA, SAMUEL GLENN, Captain, U.S. Navy, USS Arizona. [then Lt.
Cmdr.], Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
GARY, DONALD ARTHUR, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S. Navy, USS
Franklin., Japanese Home Islands near Kobe, Japan, 19 March 1945.
GILMORE, HOWARD WALTER (posthumous), Commander, U.S. Navy, USS
Growler, Southwest Pacific from 10 January to 7 February 1943
GORDON, NATHAN GREEN, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, commander of Catalina
patrol plane., Kavieng Harbor, Bismarck Sea, 15 February 1944.
HALL, WILLIAM E., Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S. Naval Reserve.,
Coral Sea, 7 and 8 May 1942.
HALYBURTON, WILLIAM DAVID, JR. (posthumous), Pharmacist's Mate
Second Class, U.S. Naval Reserve, serving with 2d Battalion, 5th
Marines, 1st Marine Division, Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain,
10 May 1945
HAMMERBERG, OWEN FRANCIS PATRICK (posthumous), Boatswain's Mate
Second Class, U.S. Navy., West Loch, Pearl Harbor, 17 February
1945
HERRING, RUFUS G., Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve, LCI (G) 449.,
Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945.
HILL, EDWIN JOSEPH (posthumous), Chief Boatswain, U.S. Navy, USS
Nevada, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 07 December 1941
HUTCHINS, JOHNNIE DAVID (posthumous), Seaman First Class, U.S.
Naval Reserve, USS LST 473, Lae, New Guinea, 4 September 1943
JONES, HERBERT CHARPOIT (posthumous), Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve,
USS California, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 07 December 1941
KEPPLER, REINHARDT JOHN (posthumous), Boatswain's Mate First Class,
U.S. Navy, USS San Francisco, Solomon Islands, 12-13 November
1942
KIDD, ISAAC CAMPBELL (posthumous), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, USS
Arizona, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 07 December 1941
LESTER, FRED FAULKNER (posthumous), Hospital Apprentice First
Class, U.S. Navy, attached to the 1st Battalion, 22d Marines,
6th Marine Division, Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain, 8 June
1945
McCAMPBELL, DAVID, Commander, U.S. Navy, Air Group 15., First
and second battles of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944.
McCANDLESS, BRUCE, Commander, U.S. Navy, USS San Francisco., Battle
off Savo Island, 12-13 November 1942.
McCOOL, RICHARD MILES,, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, USS LSC(L)(3) 122.,
Off Okinawa, 10 and 11 June 1945.
O'CALLAHAN, JOSEPH TIMOTHY, Commander (Chaplain Corps), U.S. Naval
Reserve, USS Franklin., near Kobe, Japan, 19 March 1945.
O'HARE, EDWARD HENRY, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Fighting Squadron
3, South Pacific, 20 February 1942
O'KANE, RICHARD HETHERINGTON, Commander, U.S. Navy, commanding
USS Tang., Vicinity Philippine Islands, 23 and 24 October 1944.
PARLE, JOHN JOSEPH (posthumous), Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve, USS
LST 375, Sicily, 9-10 July 1943
PETERSON, OSCAR VERNER (posthumous), Chief Watertender, U.S. Navy,
USS Neosho, 7 May 1942
PHARRIS, JACKSON CHARLES, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, USS California.
[then Gunner], Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
PIERCE, FRANCIS JUNIOR, Pharmacist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy
serving with 2d Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division.,
Iwo Jima, 15 and 16 March 1945.
POWERS, JOHN JAMES (posthumous), Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Bombing
Squadron 5, Battle of Coral Sea, 4 to 8 May 1942
PRESTON, ARTHUR MURRAY, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Reserve, Torpedo
Boat Squadron 33., Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island, 16 September
1944.
RAMAGE, LAWSON PATERSON, Commander, U.S. Navy, USS Parche., Pacific,
31 July 1944.
REEVES, THOMAS JAMES (posthumous), Radio Electrician (Warrant
Officer) U.S. Navy, USS California, USS California, 07 December
1941
RICKETTS, MILTON ERNEST (posthumous), Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, USS
Yorktown, Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942
ROOKS, ALBERT HAROLD (posthumous), Captain, U.S. Navy, USS Houston,
Southwest Pacific, 4 to 27 February 1942
ROSS, DONALD KIRBY, Machinist, U.S. Navy, USS Nevada., Pearl Harbor,
Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
SCHONLAND, HERBERT EMERY, Commander, U.S. Navy, USS San Francisco,
Savo Island, 12-13 November 1943
SCOTT, NORMAN (posthumous), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy., Savo Island,
11-12 October, 12-13 November 1942
SCOTT, ROBERT R . (posthumous), Machinist's Mate First Class,
U.S. Navy, USS California, 07 December 1941
STREET, GEORGE LEVICK, III, Commander, U.S. Navy, USS Tiranle.,
Harbor of Quelpart Island, off the coast of Korea, 14 April 1945
TOMICH, PETER (posthumous), Chief Watertender, U.S. Navy, USS
Utah, 07 December 1941
VAN VALKENBURGH, FRANKLIN (posthumous), Captain, U.S. Navy, USS
Arizona, 07 December 1941
VAN VOORHIS, BRUCE AVERY (posthumous), Lieutenant Commander, U.S.
Navy, Bombing Squadron 102, Battle of the Solomon Islands, 6 July
1943
WAHLEN, GEORGE EDWARD, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy,
serving with 2d Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division.,
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands group, 3 March 1945.
WARD, JAMES RICHARD (posthumous), Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy,
USS Oklahoma, 07 December 1941
WILLIAMS, JACK (posthumous), Pharmacist's Mate Third Class, U.S.
Naval Reserve,serving with the 3d Battalion 28th Marines, 5th
Marine Division, Iwo Jima Volcano Islands, 3 March 1945
WILLIS, JOHN HARLAN (posthumous), Pharmacist's Mate First Class,
U.S. Navy, serving with the 3d Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine
Division, Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 28 February 1945
YOUNG, CASSIN, Commander, U.S. Navy, USS Vestal, Pearl Harbor,
07 December 1941
U.S. Coast Guard Recipients
MUNRO, DOUGLAS ALBERT (posthumous), Signalman First Class,
U.S. Coast Guard, Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, on 27 September 1942
U.S. Marine Corps Recipients
AGERHOLM, HAROLD CHRIST (posthumous), Private First Class,
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Marine
Division, Saipan, Marianas Islands, 7 July 1944
ANDERSON, RICHARD BEATTY (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps, 4th Marine Division, Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll,
Marshall Islands, 1 February 1944
BAILEY, KENNETH D. (posthumous), Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Company
C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands,
on 12-13 September 1942
BASILONE, JOHN, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Battalion, 7th
Marines, 1st Marine Division, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on
24 and 25 October 1942
BAUER, HAROLD WILLIAM, (posthumous), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.
Marine Corps, Marine Fighting Squadron 212, Over Guadalcanal,
10 May 1942 - 14 November 1942
BAUSELL, LEWIS KENNETH (posthumous), Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps,
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Peleliu Island,
Palau Group, 15 September 1944
BERRY, CHARLES JOSEPH (posthumous), Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps,
1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo Jima, Volcano
Islands, 3 March 1945
BONNYMAN, ALEXANDER, JR. (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserves, 2d Battalion Shore Party, 8th Marines,
2d Marine Division, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-22 November 1943
BORDELON, WILLIAM JAMES (posthumous), Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps, 1st Battalion, 18th Marines, tactically attached to the
2d Marine Division, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands on 20 November 1943
BOYINGTON, GREGORY, Major, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Marine Squadron
214., Central Solomons area, from 12 September 1943 to 3 January
1944.
BUSH, RICHARD EARL, Corporal, U .S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1st
Battalion, 4th Marines, 6th Marine Division., Mount Yaetake on
Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 April 1945.
CADDY, WILLIAM ROBERT (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve, Company 1, 3d Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th
Marine Division, Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 3 March 1945
CANNON, GEORGE HAM (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine
Corps, Battery H, 6th Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Sand
Island, Midway Islands, 7 December 1941
CASAMENTO, ANTHONY, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company D, 1st
Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division., Guadalcanal, Solomon
Islands, 01 November 1942
CHAMBERS, JUSTICE M., Colonel. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 3rd
Assault Battalion Landing Team. 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division.,
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 to 22 February 1945.
COLE, DARRELL SAMUEL (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, Company B, 1st Battalion, 23d Marines, 4th Marine Division,
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945
COURTNEY, HENRY ALEXIUS, JR. (posthumous), Major, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, 2d Battalion, 22d Marines, 6th Marine Division,
Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Islands, 14 and 15 May 1945
DAY, JAMES L., Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 2nd Battalion,
22nd Marines, 6th Marine Division, Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu
Islands, 14-17 May 1945
DAMATO, ANTHONY PETER (posthumous), Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps.,
Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, on the night
of 19-20 February 1944
DEBLANC, JEFFERSON JOSEPH, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Marine Fighting Squadron 112., Off Kolombangara Island in the
Solomons group, 31 January 1943.
DUNLAP, ROBERT. HUGO, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Company
C, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division., On Iwo Jima,
Volcano Islands, 20 and 21 February 1945.
DYESS, AQUILLA JAMES (posthumous), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines (Rein), 4th Marine
Division, Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1 and
2 February 1944
EDSON, MERRITT AUSTIN, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Marine
Raider Battalion, with Parachute Battalion attached, Guadalcanal,
Solomon Islands, 13-14 September 1942
ELROD, HENRY TALMAGE (posthumous), Captain, U.S. Marine Corps,
Marine Fighting Squadron 211, Wake Island, 8 to 23 December 1941
EPPERSON, HAROLD GLENN (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, 2d Marine Division,
Saipan, Marianas Islands, 25 June 1944
FARDY, JOHN PETER (posthumous), Corporal, U.S Marine Corps, Company
C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, Okinawa Shima
in the Ryukyu Islands, 7 May 1945
FLEMING, RICHARD E. (posthumous), Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241, Battle of Midway on 4 and 5
June 1942
FOSS, JOSEPH JACOB, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Marine
Fighting Squadron 121, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing., Over Guadalcanal,
9 October to 19 November 1942, 15 and 23 January 1943.
FOSTER, WILLIAM ADELBERT (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve, 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division,
Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain 2 May 1945
GALER, ROBERT EDWARD, Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Fighter
Sqdn. 244, Solomon Islands Area
GONSALVES, HAROLD (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, 4th Battalion, 15th Marines, 6th Marine Division,
Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain, 15 April 1945
GRAY, ROSS FRANKLIN (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division,
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 21 February 1945
GURKE, HENRY (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps,
3d Marine Raider Battalion, Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville
Island, Solomon Islands area, 9 November 1943
HALYBURTON, WILLIAM DAVID, JR. (posthumous), Pharmacist's Mate
Second Class, U.S. Naval Reserve, serving with 2d Battalion, 5th
Marines, 1st Marine Division, Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain,
10 May 1945
HANSEN, DALE MERLIN (posthumous), Private, U.S. Marine Corps,
Company E, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, Okinawa
Shima in the Ryukyu Chain, 7 May 1945
HANSON, ROBERT MURRAY (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, Marine Fighting Squadron 215, Over Bougainville
Island, 1 November 1943; and New Britain Island, 24 January 1944
HARRELL, WILLIAM GEORGE, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Battalion,
28th Marines, 5th Marine Division., Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands,
3 March 1945.
HAUGE, LOUIS JAMES, JR. (posthumous), Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division,
Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain on 14 May 1945
HAWKINS, WILLIAM DEAN (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine
Corps, Scout Sniper Platoon, Tarawa, Gilbert Island, 20 and 21
November 1943
JACKSON, ARTHUR J., Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, 3d
Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division., Island of Peleliu
in the Palau group, 18 September 1944.
JACOBSON, DOUGLAS THOMAS, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, 3d Battalion, 23d Marines, 4th Marine Division., Iwo
Jima, Volcano Islands, 26 February 1945.
JULIAN, JOSEPH RODOLPH (posthumous), Platoon Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division,
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 9 March 1945
KINSER, ELBERT LUTHER (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, Company I, 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division,
Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain, 4 May 1945
KRAUS, RICHARD EDWARD (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve, 8th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, Fleet
Marine Force, Peleliu, Palau Islands, on 5 October 1944
LA BELLE, JAMES DENNIS (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo Jima,
Volcano Islands, 8 March 1945
LEIMS, JOHN HAROLD, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division., Iwo
Jima, Volcano Islands, 7 March 1945.
LUCAS, JACKLYN HAROLD, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division., Iwo
Jima, Volcano Islands, 20 February 1945.
LUMMUS, JACK (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, 2d Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo
Jima, Volcano Islands, 8 March 1945
MARTIN, HARRY LINN (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, Company C, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 5th Marine Division,
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 26 March 1945
MASON, LEONARD FOSTER (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps, 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, Guam,
Marianas Islands, 22 July 1944
McCARD, ROBERT HOWARD (posthumous), Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps, Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Saipan,
Marianas Islands, on 16 June 1944
McCARTHY, JOSEPH JEREMIAH, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
2d Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division., Iwo Jima, Volcano
Islands, 21 February 1945.
McTUREOUS, ROBERT MILLER, JR. (posthumous), Private, U.S. Marine
Corps, 3d Battalion, 29th Marines, 6th Marine Division, Okinawa
in the Ryukyu Chain, 7 June 1945
NEW, JOHN DURY (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine
Corps, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Peleliu
Island, Palau Group, 25 September 1944
OWENS, ROBERT ALLEN (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps.,
Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, on 1 November 1943
OZBOURN, JOSEPH WILLIAM (posthumous), Private, U.S. Marine Corps,
1st Battalion, 23d Marines, 4th Marine Division, Tinian Island,
Marianas Islands, 30 July 1944
PAIGE, MITCHELL, Platoon Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps., Solomon
Islands, 26 October 1942.
PHELPS, WESLEY (posthumous), Private, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Peleliu Island,
Palau Group, 4 October 1944
PHILLIPS, GEORGE (posthumous), Private, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
2d Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo Jima, Volcano
Islands, on 14 March 1945
POPE, EVERETT PARKER, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Company C, 1st
Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division., Peleliu Island,
Palau group, 19-20 September 1944.
POWER, JOHN VINCENT (posthumous), First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine
Corps, 4th Marine Division, Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall
Islands, 1 February 1944
ROAN, CHARLES HOWARD (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division,
Peleliu, Palau Islands, 18 September 1944
ROUH, CARLTON ROBERT, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division., Peleliu Island,
Palau group, 15 September 1944.
RUHL, DONALD JACK (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, Company E, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo
Jima, Volcano Islands, from 19 to 21 February 1945
SCHWAB, ALBERT EARNEST (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve., Okinawa Shima in the Rykuyu Islands, 7
May 1945
SHOUP, DAVID MONROE, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, commanding officer
of all Marine Corps troops on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, and
Gilbert Islands, from 20 to 22 November 1943., Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert
Islands, from 20 to 22 November 1943
SIGLER, FRANKLIN EARL, Private, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 2d
Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division., Iwo Jima, Volcano
Islands, 14 March 1945.
SKAGGS, LUTHER, JR., Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division., Asan-Adelup beachhead,
Guam, Marianas Islands, 21 -22 July 1944.
SMITH, JOHN LUCIAN, Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Squadron
223,, In the Solomon Islands area, August-September 1942.
SORENSON, RICHARD KEITH, Private, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 4th
Marine Division., Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands,
1 -2 February 1944.
STEIN, TONY (posthumous), Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo
Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945
SWETT, JAMES ELMS, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Marine Fighter Squadron 221, with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st
Marine Aircraft Wing., Solomon Islands area, 7 April 1943.
THOMAS, HERBERT JOSEPH (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, Bougainville Islands,
Solomon Islands, on 7 November 1943
THOMASON, CLYDE (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
Marine Raiders, Makin Island, 17-18 August 1942
TIMMERMAN, GRANT FREDERICK (posthumous), Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, 2d Marine Division, Saipan,
Marianas Islands, on 8 July 1944
VANDEGRIFT, ALEXANDER ARCHER, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps,
commanding officer of the 1st Marine Division., Solomon Islands,
7 August to 9 December 1942.
WALSH, KENNETH AMBROSE, First Lieutenant, pilot in Marine Fighting
Squadron 124, U.S. Marine Corps., Solomon Islands area, 15 and
30 August 1943.
WALSH, WILLIAM GARY (posthumous), Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, Company G, 3d Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine
Division, Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 27 February 1945
WATSON, WILSON DOUGLAS, Private, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 2d
Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division., Iwo Jima, Volcano
Islands, 26 and 27 February 1945.
WILLIAMS, HERSHEL WOODROW, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve,
21st Marines, 3d Marine Division., Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands,
23 February 1945.
WILSON, LOUIS HUGH, JR., Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Commanding
Rifle Company, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division.,
Fonte Hill, Guam, 25-26 July 1944.
WILSON, ROBERT LEE (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine
Corps, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, 2d Marine Division, Tinian Island,
Marianas Group, 4 August 1944
WITEK, FRANK PETER (posthumous), Private First Class, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division,
Guam, Marianas, on 3 August 1944
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