- SURNAME
Haggett
- FORENAME
Charles Edwin
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Regiment (Company A)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
354566
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1st January 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 18.10.1923, Waterbury, Vermont, USA
father Raymond David Haggett (1894-1959)
mother Levina Edrena (nee Miller) (1897-1988)
26.02.1945 WIA Volcano Island (record shows middle name as Edward)
approx. 1945 married Mary Rose (nee Cabral) (1921-1996) later divorced
3 children Charles Edwin Jr. (1945-1995), Lucille Lana (1946-1985) & Thomas Allen (1950-1996)
approx. 1966 married Lucy Ila (nee Gour) (1923-2014)
resided Tampa Bay, Florida (around 30 years)
24.11.2017 died St. Petersburg, Florida (Aged 94)
Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Randolph Center, Vermont, USA. Columbarium 1, Side A, Top Row
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Charles E. Haggett (MCSN: 354566), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the First Parachute Battalion, First Marine Parachute Regiment, First Marine Amphibious Corps during operations against enemy Japanese forces on Bougainville, Solomon Islands on January 1, 1944. Armed with an antitank launcher and grenades during a vigorous assault against hostile units east of the Torokina River, Private First Class Haggett repeatedly exposed himself to heavy hostile machine gun fire and, fighting with forceful determination, succeeded in silencing one of a series of prepared enemy pill boxes before he was wounded by a withering burst from Japanese guns. Private First Class Haggett's daring initiative and unflinching courage in the face of grave peril were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/36645FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198519387/charles-edwin-haggett
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