World War II Honoree

Remi A. Balduck

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

A Grateful Nation

CORPORAL, 2ND BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE DIVISION. POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS FOR HEROIC ACTION, EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE AND UTTER DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, WHILE UNDER ENEMY FIRE DURING AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPANESE FORCES ON GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS ON NOVEMBER 9, 1942. CORPORAL BALDUCK, ALTHOUGH ONLY A SQUAD LEADER, WAS THE SPEARHEAD OF HIS PLATOON, SPURRING ON HIS PLATOON TO INITIATE A SUCCESSFUL ROUT OF THE ENEMY DURING A FRONTAL ATTACK IN WHICH STRONG ENEMY POSITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND AN ENVELOPMENT FROM THE RIGHT FLANK WAS CONTEMPLATED. ALTHOUGH FATALLY WOUNDED, HE CARRIED ON TO THE LAST, THROWING A HAND GRENADE AS HE FELL. CORPORAL BALDUCK DIED AS HE WAS BEING EVACUATED FROM THE SCENE OF ACTION.