- SURNAME
Oldham
- FORENAME
Philip Ambrose
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
- RANK
2nd Lieutenant
- NUMBER
21113
- DATE OF DEATH
9th July 1943
- AGE
29
- GRAVESITE
Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA. Plot J, 13593
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 15.12.1913, New Haven, Connecticut
Next of kin - Mother Mrs. Amelie M. Oldham, 32 Meadow Place, Rye, New York
KIA Enogai, Solomon Islands
posthumous Silver Star
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Jul-1943AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/oldham-philip-ambrose.58455/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 Second Lieutenant Philip A. Oldham (MCSN: 0-21113), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action at Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, on 9 July 1943. Rather than call for volunteers to attack three machine guns that were blocking an advance on an enemy position with vicious cross-fire, he crawled forward alone and wiped out one of the guns and its crew. Lieutenant Oldham's bold act drew fire immediately and he was killed by a burst from another gun. His courage and self-sacrifice so infused his men with fierce determination that within half an hour after his death all of the guns retarding the advance had been put out of action.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/38036FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82675246/philip-ambrose-oldham
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