- SURNAME
Tinker
- FORENAME
Marion Leon ("Bud")
- UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company C)
- RANK
1st Lieutenant
- NUMBER
0-14394
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Bairoko Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 20th July 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Long Beach, California
born 03.07.1917, Bradley, Lawton County, Oklahoma, USA
father Marion L. Tinker
mother Clie (nee Smith)
listed on 4th Raider Bn. awards recommendation
wife Barbara Jean (1920-1985)
daughter Clie Louise (nee Tinker) Hughes (1948-2018)
died 26.09.1999 Wichita Falls, Texas (Aged 82)
Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to First Lieutenant Bud Tinker (MCSN: 0-14394), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for gallantry in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands when in a crucial moment of combat he put the company's mortars into action on his own initiative with such effectiveness as to enable the continued advance of friendly troops on 20 July 1943. In addition, he moved to the front and supervised the replacement of wounded machine gunners; the replenishment of ammunitions and on several occasions administered first aid and evacuated wounded personnel.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/39050FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76688585/marion-t-tinker
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