- SURNAME
Paine
- FORENAME
Robert Ignatius
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
354984
- DATE OF DEATH
7th August 1942
- AGE
19
- GRAVESITE
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 16.06.1923, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
father John Joseph Paine (1884-1952)
mother Mary Catherine Cahill (1890-1956)
Next of kin - Mother Mrs. Mary C. Paine, 3 St. Mary Street, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts
KIA Tolagi, Solomon Islands
posthumous Silver Star
DATE OF DEATH:
07-Aug-1942AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/paine-robert-ignatius.58461/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private Robert I. Paine (MCSN: 354984), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the First Marine Raider Battalion during the attack against enemy Japanese forces on Tulagi, Solomon Islands on August 7, 1942. As a member of a small detachment ordered to envelop a hostile machine gun position, Private Paine, although exposed to severe small arms fire, persisted in his advance against the enemy until he was killed. By his grim determination and great personal valor he contributed to the final destruction of the hostile machine gun unit and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
