- SURNAME
Burdo
- FORENAME
Ronald Allen
- UNIT
1 Marine Parachute Regiment
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
295986
- DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Saint Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Alverno, Michigan, USA. Plot 7a
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 24.07.1920, Cheboygan, Michigan, USA
father Albert Wilbert Burdo
step father Harvey Porter Botts
mother Ida Josephine (nee O'Connor) Botts (1896-1975)
20.09.1940 entered service Michigan
KIA Solomon Islands
posthumous Navy Cross
DATE OF DEATH:
07-Aug-1942AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/burdo-ronald-allen.58503/CITATION:
Navy Cross : The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class Ronald Allen Burdo (MCSN: 295986), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the FIRST Parachute Battalion, FIRST Marine Division, during the assault on enemy Japanese forces at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942. When the progress of a company was retarded by heavy sniper opposition, Private First Class Burdo and others courageously attacked a heavily barricaded three-inch gun emplacement from which the deadly fire was emanating. Utterly disregarding his extreme danger, he charged forward and, without waiting for his comrades, unhesitatingly plunged through the entrance and in spite of great odds engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat until reinforcement by other Marines insured elimination of the hostile position. Private First Class Burdo's daring, aggressive, and gallant conduct was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. In a subsequent operation against the enemy on the same day he gallantly gave his life for his country.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/7748FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75821249/ronald-allen-burdo
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