Photo #: NH 106450
Private First Class Charles H. Roan, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 250.
Charles H. Roan was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while serving with the Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division in action against the Japanese on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 18 September 1944.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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