RAIDERS Jamison, Robert John

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Jamison
  • FORENAME
Robert John
  • UNIT
3 Raider Bn (HQ)
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
320034
  • AWARD
Navy Cross
  • PLACE
Saipan 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 05.12.1923, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
resided Youngstown, Ohio
father Clarence Wesley Jamison (1899-1960)
mother Gertrude (nee Castle) Jamison (1901-????)
wife Viola Pearl (nee Matejcic) Jamison (1923-2012)
date of service 03.09.1941 - 28.09.1945
died 30.04.1973 (Aged 49)
buried Penn Lincoln Memorial Park, North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
 

CITATION:

Navy Cross : The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Private First Class Robert J. Jamison (MCSN: 320034), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as an Automatic Rifleman of Company A, First Battalion, Second Marines, SECOND Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 9 July 1944. On outpost duty alone during an enemy night counterattack, Private First Class Jamison defended a rock crevice which led into his company lines and, by annihilating twenty-five of the Japanese, the nearest falling within ten yards of his position, single-handedly repulsed a hostile advance. His courage under fire, gallant fighting spirit and devotion to duty reflect the highest credit upon Private First Class Jamison and the United States Naval Service.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/8011

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91686340/robert-j-jamison
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