2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and are a part of the 5th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division.
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines was constituted in April 1914 during World War I when it was activated as one of the three battalions of the 4th Marine Regiment.
Medal Honor - Vietnam -
LtCol Howard V Lee
Major [then Captain] Howard Vincent Lee (MCSN: 0-69961), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 8 and 9 August 1966, while serving with Company E, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in action against enemy forces near Cam Lo, Republic of Vietnam.
Medal Honor - Vietnam -
MGen James Livingston
Captain James Everett Livingston (MCSN: 0-84449), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 2 May 1968, while serving as Commanding Officer, Company E, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade, in action against enemy forces at Dai Do, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Viet Nam.
Medal Honor - Vietnam -
Col Jay Vargas
Major Jay R. Vargas (MCSN: 0-83768), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Commanding Officer, Company G, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in action against enemy forces at Dai Do, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, from 30 April to 2 May 1968.
Medal Honor - Vietnam -
LCpl Jedh Colby Barker
Lance Corporal Jedh Colby Barker (MCSN: 2207369), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 21 September 1967, while serving as a machine gunner with Company F, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in action near Con Thien, Republic of Vietnam.
Medal Honor - Vietnam -
LCpl Joe Calvin Paul
Lance Corporal Joe Calvin Paul (MCSN: 2033358), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 18 August 1965, while serving with Company H, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in action against an armed enemy near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam.
Medal Honor - Vietnam -
Sgt Paul Hellstrom Foster
Sergeant Paul Hellstrom Foster (MCSN: 1903536), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 14 October 1967, while serving as an artillery liaison operations chief with the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in action near Con Thien, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam.
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Pvt Eugene C Ahouse 06/20/45 Okinawa Battle of Okinawa Capt Leonard W Alford 06/17/45 Okinawa April - July 1945 PFC Clifford P Arnold 05/21/45 Okinawa CPl Charles H Bartlebaugh 06/07/45 Okinawa 1stSgt Charles S Blanton 06/24/45 Okinawa PFC William G Bock, Jr 05/20/45 Okinawa PFC Clayton M Bradford 05/21/45 Okinawa Sgt Jack HR Braswell 05/25/45 Okinawa PFC James J Brennan 05/19/45 Okinawa PFC William L Britigan 06/07/45 Okinawa Sgt James F Brown, Jr 05/20/45 Okinawa PFC James T Callahan 05/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Glenn A Carlson 05/20/45 Okinawa PFC George M Carr 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC Henry C Carter 05/25/45 Okinawa Pvt Robert W Cherry 05/25/45 Okinawa Pvt Louis F Clark 05/25/45 Okinawa Pvt Stanley F Clark 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt Daniel F Corella 06/09/45 Okinawa HAP1C Kenneth R Davis 06/04/45 Okinawa PFC Flore Dellagnena 05/21/45 Okinawa Sgt Dick A Dickey 04/15/45 Okinawa PFC Nathan M Dickey 06/15/45 Okinawa FM1C Harry S Dillon 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt Charles A Dunn 06/09/45 Okinawa PFC Buford G Dunsworth 04/15/45 Okinawa PFC Wendell F Ela 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC Salvatore J Esposito 06/20/45 Okinawa PFC Gerard A Everett 05/19/45 Okinawa PFC Gerald D Facciani 05/25/45 Okinawa Cpl Woodrow A Feeler 04/14/45 Okinawa Pvt Herbert T Feichert 05/21/45 Okinawa Cpl Edward A Fennelly 05/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Daniel Fields 05/21/45 Okinawa Cpl Billy W Fitzwater 06/09/45 Okinawa PFC Darrell H Flinn 05/25/45 Okinawa Pvt Matthew G Fodi, Jr 05/20/45 Okinawa Capt Roger C Foley 05/27/45 Okinawa Pvt Harold E Fossett 04/04/45 Okinawa Cpl Robert A Frailey 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC William G Frost 05/25/45 Okinawa 2ndLt Milton H Fussell III 05/22/45 Okinawa 2ndLt Edward M Gaillard, Jr 05/26/45 Okinawa PFC George W Galgano 06/11/45 Okinawa Pvt Vassall L Gallman 05/27/45 Okinawa Pvt Dwight M Glosson 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC David J Green 04/15/45 Okinawa 1stLt Charles J Harris 06/06/45 Okinawa Pvt Wallace L Harris 06/20/45 Okinawa 1stSgt Chester D Hash 05/24/45 Okinawa Cpl Francis B Healy, Jr 04/04/45 Okinawa PFC Clayton D Heath 04/26/45 Okinawa Sgt Patrick J Hennessy 05/22/45 Okinawa Cpl Kib A Jacobson 06/19/45 Okinawa PFC Dominic Jacovelli 05/22/45 Okinawa PFC Claude H Jernigan 05/23/45 Okinawa PFC Don L Jones 05/20/45 Okinawa PFC Edward C Jones 06/07/45 Okinawa PFC Harold L Jones 05/20/45 Okinawa PFC Robert H Jordan 06/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Sam L Jordan 05/25/45 Okinawa Cpl Evan R Kelchner 04/15/45 Okinawa AdminClk John P Kerby 05/25/45 Okinawa Cpl Frank C Ketterer 04/14/45 Okinawa Pvt Robert W Kopacko 06/20/45 Okinawa PHM2C Thomas G Kraemer 05/24/45 Okinawa PM2C Richard Kumjian 04/14/45 Okinawa Cpl William P Laughter 06/21/45 Okinawa PFC Earl J Lewis 06/08/45 Okinawa PFC Donal B Liebermann 06/19/45 Okinawa PFC William F Lord, Jr 05/21/45 Okinawa Pvt Richard L Lowrey 06/21/45 Okinawa Sgt Alfred R Manning 06/06/45 Okinawa PFC Max W Mansfield 05/20/45 Okinawa PFC Howard E Manwaring 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt Joseph A Martone 05/22/45 Okinawa Pvt Charles P Mayberry 04/14/45 Okinawa Cpl John T McAuliffe Golf 04/03/45 Okinawa PFC Richard P McCurry 05/24/45 Okinawa Pvt Harmon A McKenzie 05/21/45 Okinawa Cpl John J McLaughlin 05/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Richard W Melton 06/08/45 Okinawa Pvt Robert G Metz 06/24/45 Okinawa PFC Raymond S Meza 04/15/45 Okinawa Cpl Henry K Midkiff 06/11/45 Okinawa PFC Thaddeus F Mikula 06/09/45 Okinawa Pvt Harry A Mochamer 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt James J Molloy 05/19/45 Okinawa PFC William A Mollus 05/24/45 Okinawa Pvt Delbert J Monnier 06/11/45 Okinawa Pvt Robert L Monroe 05/19/45 Okinawa PHM2C Robert H Moyle 05/27/45 Okinawa Pvt Theodor S Munsey 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC Leo Myers 05/19/45 Okinawa PFC Marvin L Narcho 05/22/45 Okinawa Pvt Oscar M Neal 06/10/45 Okinawa Cpl Peter Nebesh 06/20/45 Okinawa Pvt James E Newsome 06/06/45 Okinawa PFC John R Nolan 04/15/45 Okinawa Capt Archie B Norford 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt George V Norris 06/20/45 Okinawa PFC Marion W Nowaski 06/11/45 Okinawa PFC Robert W Nyman 04/19/45 Okinawa Cpl Ernest L O'Bryhim 06/04/45 Okinawa Cpl Constantine K Okunavich 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC Joe V Olivas 05/25/45 Okinawa Pvt Nicholas A Ondo 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt Michael J Orzechowski 05/24/45 Okinawa Pvt John T Ostapowitcz 06/08/45 Okinawa Cpl Eugene Owen 04/15/45 Okinawa PFC William R Parrish 06/21/45 Okinawa Cpl Leon L Peavy 05/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Johnnie L Phinney 05/19/45 Okinawa Pvt Daniel J Plachta 05/24/45 Okinawa PFC George A Prpich 05/19/45 Okinawa 1stLt James W Quinn 06/04/45 Okinawa PFC Jessie L Reed 06/06/45 Okinawa Pvt Jeremiah M Reilly 05/19/45 Okinawa Cpl James Z Richards 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC H C Ricks 04/15/45 Okinawa Cpl Charles Rios 05/26/45 Okinawa PFC Arthur G Robbins, Jr 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt Albert F Roberts 06/04/45 Okinawa Pvt Edward F Rodack 05/28/45 Okinawa Pvt Edward C Rohe 07/02/45 Okinawa PFC Bernard W Rudkin 06/10/45 Okinawa Cpl Edward J Ruiz H&S 05/21/45 Okinawa 05/21/45 or 06/05/45? PFC Thomas P Rutherford 05/25/45 Okinawa Pvt Benjamin Sabasino 04/19/45 Okinawa PFC Donald L Sanders 05/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Philip J Santini 05/19/45 Okinawa Cpl Sidney J Scales 04/15/45 Okinawa PFC Jack Schafale 05/19/45 Okinawa Pvt Elden F Schenk 05/25/45 Okinawa PFC Johnnie L Sealy 05/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Wilbert J Seymour 04/15/45 Okinawa PFC Marnold L Shaw 05/23/45 Okinawa PFC Rauland W Sheriff 06/22/45 Okinawa PFC Dale W Shultz 05/25/45 Okinawa PFC Paul E Siekkinen 06/10/45 Okinawa Cpl Leo Silakowski 04/15/45 Okinawa Sgt William M Smith 05/20/45 Okinawa Cpl Robert S Sorenson 05/19/45 Okinawa Pvt Joseph D Specht 06/10/45 Okinawa PFC George Spellman 06/24/45 Okinawa Pvt Glen E Starks 05/23/45 Okinawa PFC Jack D Stine 06/08/45 Okinawa PFC John P Stockonas, Jr 05/25/45 Okinawa PFC Lindsey G Stringfellow 06/20/45 Okinawa PFC Albert F Sullivan, Jr 05/19/45 Okinawa PFC Frank J Summers 04/04/45 Okinawa PFC Joseph J Surette 06/26/45 Okinawa Pvt James A Terry 06/04/45 Okinawa PFC Vernon W Thomas 05/20/45 Okinawa Cpl Allan F Thornton 05/04/45 Okinawa Pvt Marvin C Twiford 06/08/45 Okinawa PFC Charles S Upton 06/04/45 Okinawa PFC Leonard J Van Camp 05/20/45 Okinawa Cpl Lloyd J Vannatter 04/15/45 Okinawa PFC Joseph Viola 06/04/45 Okinawa Pvt Ronald E Whetstone 06/09/45 Okinawa PFC James White 05/21/45 Okinawa Pvt Charles E Whiteman 05/21/45 Okinawa PFC William W Williamson 06/04/45 Okinawa PFC Thomas J Wilson, Sr 06/09/45 Okinawa PFC Homer C Windom 05/27/45 Okinawa PFC Edward C Winkler 06/09/45 Okinawa Pvt Doyle RT Winters 06/09/45 Okinawa PFC John R Wood 05/21/45 Okinawa Pvt Ivan L Wyant 06/20/45 Okinawa Pvt Herbert C Wyatt 06/08/45 Okinawa Pvt Merritt J Zimmerman 04/15/45 Okinawa Pvt Ronald K Zundell 06/08/45 Okinawa DOMINICAN
