- SURNAME
Mulford
- FORENAME
Robert Lee
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
290745
- DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
- AGE
24
- GRAVESITE
Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA. Plot J, 14061
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Dyess, Arkansas
born 14.08.1918, Norfolk, Nebraska
father Harold E. Mulford
1937 graduated Dyess High School, Arkansas
06.08.1940 entered service
Next of kin - Wife Mrs. Robert L. Mulford, 917 18th Street, North West, DC
KIA New Georgia, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
10-Jul-1943AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/mulford-robert-lee.58446/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) (Posthumously) to Corporal Robert L. Mulford (MCSN: 290745), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, on 10 July 1943. When his platoon was pinned down by enemy fire Corporal Mulford retrieved a Browning Automatic Rifle from a casualty and led his squad forward in an assault on hostile positions. During the action he personally destroyed an enemy light machine gun and its entire crew. In doing so Corporal Mulford sacrificed his life.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/37885FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82619265/robert-lee-mulfordSERVICE HISTORY:
MULFORD, Robert L., Cpl 521/745/746/653(Asst Sqd Ldr) SN: 290745
Born: 14 Aug 1918 Arkansas
Enlisted USMCR: 06 Aug 1940 (Home of Record: 917 18th Street, NW Washington, D.C.)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York (Section J, Grave 14061)
Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Aug 1940 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “6Aug40; 6, Acc & enl at DHS, Nashville, Tenn.; 7, to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Aug 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “6Aug40; 8, jdenl fr DHS Nashville, Tenn.; 8-31, RI”
Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI”
Oct 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-15, RI; 16, to Prov Co C, Post; 2, Qual Mks.”
Provisional Company C, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Oct 1940 Pvt, ProvCo C, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba “16, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC; 30, to Co B, 1stBn, 5thMr, 1st MarBrig, FMF, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba”
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Oct 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “6Aug40; 30, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC. Via the USS HENDERSON”
Nov 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, On Board USS HENDERSON, Culebra, P.R.
Dec 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R.
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MC KEAN, Miami, FL “Abd USS MC KEAN for such duty as the CinC of the Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Oct 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “16, rated spl 6cl (BAR man); 24-28, on bd USS LITTLE on temp d in conn with Navy Day demonstration at Washington D.C.”
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 PFC, Co B, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA “Spl 6cl (BAR man)”
Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa) “1, spl 6cl revoked, other duty; 1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-5, enroute; 6, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 6-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS LITTLE for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, B.S.I.)
Sep 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.)
Oct 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “1-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I., 17-31, at Noumea, N.C.; 8-10, Participated in actions against the enemy at Matanikau, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. for transport to Noumea, N.C.; 13, sailed; 13-16, underway; 17, arr & disemb; 23-27, sk Bn Hosp”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Cpl, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “1-5, at Wellington, N.Z.; 6, sailed; 6-9, underway; 10, arr & disemb at Noumea, N.C.”
Apr 1943 PFC, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “10-14 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Cpl, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “6Aug40; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: 14 Aug 1918 Arkansas
Enlisted USMCR: 06 Aug 1940 (Home of Record: 917 18th Street, NW Washington, D.C.)
Died: 10 Jul 1943 (KIA, Enogai Point, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York (Section J, Grave 14061)
Southern Recruiting Division, New Orleans, LA
Aug 1940 Pvt, SRD, New Orleans, LA “6Aug40; 6, Acc & enl at DHS, Nashville, Tenn.; 7, to RD, MB, Parris Island, SC”
Hq & Hq Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Aug 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “6Aug40; 8, jdenl fr DHS Nashville, Tenn.; 8-31, RI”
Sep 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “RI”
Oct 1940 Pvt, Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “1-15, RI; 16, to Prov Co C, Post; 2, Qual Mks.”
Provisional Company C, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Oct 1940 Pvt, ProvCo C, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba “16, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC; 30, to Co B, 1stBn, 5thMr, 1st MarBrig, FMF, NS, Gtmo Bay, Cuba”
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Oct 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba “6Aug40; 30, jdfr Hq&HqCo, RD, MB, Parris Island, SC. Via the USS HENDERSON”
Nov 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, On Board USS HENDERSON, Culebra, P.R.
Dec 1940 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, NS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarBrig, FMF, Aboard USS MC CAWLEY, Culebra, P.R.
Company B, 1stBattalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Apr 1941 Pvt, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA
Jul 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, Aboard USS MC KEAN, Miami, FL “Abd USS MC KEAN for such duty as the CinC of the Atlantic Fleet may direct.”
Oct 1941 PFC, Co B, 1stBn, 5thMar, 1stMarDiv, FMF, MB, Quantico, VA “16, rated spl 6cl (BAR man); 24-28, on bd USS LITTLE on temp d in conn with Navy Day demonstration at Washington D.C.”
Company B, 1st Separate Battalion, FMF, Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, Marine Barracks, Quantico, VA
Jan 1942 PFC, Co B, 1stSepBn, FMF, AFAF, MB, Quantico, VA “Spl 6cl (BAR man)”
Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa) “1, spl 6cl revoked, other duty; 1, entrained at MB, Quantico, Va.; 1-5, enroute; 6, arr & detrained at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 6-11, at MCB, San Diego, Calif.; 12, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed; 14-27, passage; 28, arr at NS, Tutuila, Samoa”
Jul 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, FMF, In the Field (Tutuila, Samoa & Noumea, New Caledonia) “1-4, at Tutuila, Samoa; 4, emb on bd USS HEYWOOD for trans from Tutuila, Samoa to Noumea, New Caledonia; 5-9, underway; 10, arr at Noumea, New Caledonia; 23, emb on bd USS LITTLE for spl assignment and sailed same date.”
Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division, FMF, In the Field
Aug 1942 PFC, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Tulagi, B.S.I.)
Sep 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.)
Oct 1942 Cpl, Co A, 1stMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, B.S.I.) “1-12, at Guadalcanal, B.S.I., 17-31, at Noumea, N.C.; 8-10, Participated in actions against the enemy at Matanikau, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; 13, emb on bd USS ZEILIN at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. for transport to Noumea, N.C.; 13, sailed; 13-16, underway; 17, arr & disemb; 23-27, sk Bn Hosp”
Company A, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Jan 1943 Cpl, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “1-5, at Wellington, N.Z.; 6, sailed; 6-9, underway; 10, arr & disemb at Noumea, N.C.”
Apr 1943 PFC, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (Noumea, N.C.) “10-14 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng”
Jul 1943 Cpl, Co A, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “6Aug40; 4, emb abd USS CROSBY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 10, KIA at Enogai Point, New Georgia, B.S.I. and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
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