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Photo #: NH 105672

Staff Sergeant William J. Bordelon, USMC


Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 160.
William J. Bordelon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "valorous and gallant conduct " on 20 November 1943 during the Battle of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. Despite serious wounds, he remained with his platoon and continued in action until he was killed while single-handedly assaulting a Japanese machine-gun position.

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Image Posted 16 April 2008