RAIDERS Ahrens, Edward Henry

Stealthily By Night
By Ian Trenowden

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Ahrens
  • FORENAME
Edward Henry
  • UNIT
1 Raider Bn (Company A)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
358161​
  • DATE OF DEATH
8th August 1942
  • AGE
22​
  • GRAVESITE
Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Campbell County, Kentucky. Section 49 Plot 86.
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 04.11.1919, Dayton, Kentucky
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs Marie Ahrens, 224 Second Street, Dayton, Kentucky
enlisted 03.02.1942, Cincinnati, Ohio
award Navy Cross
KIA Tulagi, BSI
 

DATE OF DEATH:

08-Aug-1942

AWARD:

https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/ahrens-edward-henry.29695/

CITATION:

Navy Cross : The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Edward Henry Ahrens (358161), Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with Company A, FIRST Marine Raider Battalion, during the landing assault and seizure of enemy Japanese-held Tulagi Island, British Solomon Islands, on the night of 7–8 August 1942. While a member of a security detachment protecting the right flank of his battalion, Private First Class Ahrens, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, single-handed engaged in hand-to-hand combat a group of the enemy attempting to infiltrate the rear of the battalion. Although mortally wounded, he succeeded in killing the officer in command of the hostile unit and two other Japanese, thereby breaking up the attack. His great personal valor and indomitable fighting spirit were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the defense of his country.

WEB LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Ahrens
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/7822

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76780963/edward-henry-ahrens
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