Photo #: NH 105671
Corporal Lewis K. Bausell, USMC
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy",
page 155.
Lewis K. Bausell was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" when he
threw himself on a grenade to save the lives of other Marines
during action against the Japanese on Peleliu Island, Palau Group,
15 September 1944.
Corporal Bausell died of his wounds on 18 September, after being
evacuated to the attack transport USS DuPage.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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