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KRAUS-RICHARD

RICHARD  EDWARD KRAUS

Rate/Rank
PFC
Service Branch
USMCR 00/0000 - 10/1944
Born 11/24/1925
CHICAGO, IL
KIA-ON 10/03/1944 ATPELELIUWHEN HE EVACUATED OTER MARINES, THE JAPANESE TREW A HAND GRENADE IN THEIR MIDST, HE FLUNG HIMSELF UPON THE GRENADE
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
8TH AMPHIBIOUS TRACTOR BATTALION, FLEET MARINE FORCE, PELELIU
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
MEDAL OF HONOR
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
MARINE EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
MARINE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
PURPLE HEART
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES