RAIDERS Luckel, Raymond Louis

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Luckel
  • FORENAME
Raymond Louis
  • UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company O)
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
0-9279
  • AWARD
Silver Star
  • PLACE
New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 1st July 1943
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.06.1909, Anthon, Iowa, USA
father George John Luckel (1861-1934)
mother Magdalena Cecelia (nee Trede) Luckel (1869-1922)
1936 married Olga Marie (nee Starcevich) Luckel (1909-1995) daugher Joy Olga
employed by Mare Island Navy Yard
16.10.1940 draft card Oakland, California
award Legion of Merit (Korean War)
retired as Colonel
died 18.04.1995 (Aged 85) California, USA
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, USA. Plot J.
 

CITATION:

Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to First Lieutenant Raymond L. Luckel (MCSN: 0-9279), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, while leading his company skillfully and aggressively against key positions of the enemy's main line, thereby accounting for fourteen hostile machine guns and disposing of eighteen of the enemy on 1 July 1943.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/37459

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119746778/raymond-louis-luckel
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