World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James R. 'Jim' Eagleton, Sr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN JULY, 1943, AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED AS A BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE (BAR) RIFLEMAN OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 4TH MARINE REGIMENT, 6TH MARINE 'STRIKING SIXTH' DIVISION DURING THE WAR. STATIONED ON NEW CALEDONIA ISLAND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN ON THE NORTHEAST APPROACH TO AUSTRALIA; EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO IN THE WEST-CENTRAL PACIFIC; GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC; AND IN THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC, ON GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, AND OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. ALSO SERVED IN JAPAN. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT CHRISTMAS, 1945, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.