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ROBERTS-HAROLD

HAROLD  C. ROBERTS

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Rate/Rank
PHM3/COL
Service Branch
USN 00/1918 - 00/0000
USMC 00/0000 - 6/1945
Born
BUFFALO, NY
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
KILLED IN ACTION - 06/16/1945, OKINAWA
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
COMPANY CORPSMAN, 22ND REG, 6TH MARINE DIVISION
2ND MARINE BRIGADE (NICARARAGUA)
MARINE INFANTRY UNITS
3RD DEFENSE BATTALION, FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC
CO, 22ND REG, 6TH MARINE DIVISION
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY CROSS (3)
LEGION OF MERIT
NAVY & MARINE CORPS MEDAL
PURPLE HEART
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
SECOND NICARAGUAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES

Harold C. Roberts

Date of death: Killed in Action
Place of Birth: New York, Buffalo
Home of record: Buffalo New York

Harold Roberts earned his first Navy Cross as a Corpsman in World War I. Following the war he joined the Marine Corps, earning the Navy Cross as a Marine in both the Second Nicaragua Campaign and in World War II.

AWARDS AND CITATIONS

Navy Cross

Awarded for actions during the World War I
 

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Harold C. Roberts (NSN: 0-3825), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Corpsman attached to the Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action at the front on the night of 7 June 1918. Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Roberts showed exceptional heroism by volunteering to cross an open field under heavy machine-gun fire to bring in the wounded who were calling for help.

Action Date: June 7, 1918

Service: Navy

Rank: Pharmacist's Mate Third Class

Company: Corpsman (Attached)

Regiment: 5th Regiment (Marines)

Division: 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret