- SURNAME
Taber
- FORENAME
David Prior
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company HQ)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
320997
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 13-14th September 1942
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Oneida, New York
born 05.04.1918, Canestota, New York, USA
father Earl W. Taber (1879-1946)
mother Susie M. (nee Spies) Taber (1891-1972)
employed by Oncida Ltd.
16.10.1940 draft card Oneida, New York
05.09.1941 entered service
28.09.1945 discharged
self employed crop farmer
1983 retired
1950 married Janet Wood (1931-2012) (married 32 years)
2 sons, 3 daughters
resided 7837 North Main Street, Canastota, New York
died 16.05.2005 (Aged 87)
Saint Patricks Cemetery, Oneida, New York, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class David P. Taber (MCSN: 320997), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the First Marine Raider Battalion against enemy Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on the night of 13 - 14 September 1942. Separated from his Communication Platoon when the positions of his battalion were under severe attack by the Japanese, Private First Class Taber, on his own initiative, proceeded with four of his comrades to the front lines and fiercely engaged the enemy in close combat. His great personal valor during this action, in which he was wounded, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/23940https://marineraiderassociation.org/taber-david-p/
