- SURNAME
Schuster
- FORENAME
Kenneth Oliver
- UNIT
formerly 3rd Raider Battalion
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
832242
- DATE OF DEATH
28th July 1944
- AGE
20
- GRAVESITE
Northern Cemetery, Smithfield, Ohio, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 04.06.1924, Bradley, Ohio, USA
father Joseph A. Schuster (1907-1999)
mother Anne (nee Tepsic) Schuster (1908-1979)
student
30.06.1942 draft card Columbus, Ohio
13.03.1943 entered service
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Anna Schuster, Route 1, Rayland, Ohio
KIA Guam, Marianas Islands
posthumous Silver Star
DATE OF DEATH:
28-Jul-1944CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Kenneth O. Schuster (MCSN: 832242), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Team Leader in Company L, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines (Reinforced), First Provisional Marine Brigade, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Guam, Marianas Islands, on 27 July 1944. When his squad leader and assistant squad leader became casualties, Private First Class Schuster unhesitatingly took charge of the group and shifted it to a flanking position where our troops had suffered several casualties from heavy enemy fire. Though wounded five times in the ensuing action, he succeeded, by his able and courageous leadership, in silencing the hostile fire and in making it possible to continue our offensive. His gallant leadership, fortitude and unswerving devotion to duty reflect great credit upon Private First Class Schuster and the United States Naval Service.
