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.
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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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LtCol Herman R Anderson 01/27/45 Philippines Philippines Casualties PFC Robert L Anderson 10/24/44 Philippines All KIA's / POW's of Ja PFC Roy A Anderson 10/24/44 Philippines December 1941-Septe PFC Verden G Andrews 01/02/42 Philippines PFC Leslie M Atkins, Jr 07/25/45 Philippines PFC Melvin E Bender 12/17/43 Philippines PFC Donald L Bernardy 08/09/42 Philippines PFC William P Bertram 09/07/43 Philippines PFC Huey A Biggers 10/24/44 Philippines Sgt John C Bingham, Jr 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Robert E Bourke 05/06/42 Philippines Maj James V Bradley, Jr 12/15/44 Philippines Sgt Claude L Brent 10/24/44 Philippines Sgt Jason S Bronston 12/28/42 Philippines 1stSgt Edward R Brown 10/24/44 Philippines PFC John R Calland 06/10/42 Philippines 1stSgt Earl O Carlson 01/28/43 Philippines Pvt Edward W Carr 09/06/45 Philippines MGySgt George B Case 05/30/42 Philippines 1stLt Leon E Chabot 09/07/44 Philippines PFC David W Conlon 02/04/43 Philippines Cpl Robert M Conner 07/25/42 Philippines Sgt Kermit E Craig 10/24/44 Philippines Pvt Kenneth E Crain 10/24/44 Philippines PltSgt Houston L Davis 03/29/45 Philippines FldCook Rex V Davis 10/24/44 Philippines Sgt Richard J Davis 09/15/44 Philippines PFC John J DeBlasio 01/27/45 Philippines 1stSgt Richard Duncan 10/24/44 Philippines PFC James F Ferriss 05/17/45 Philippines PFC William F Fryar 12/14/44 Philippines Cpl Earl H Gaskin 08/09/45 Philippines PFC Louis H Gay 05/08/42 Philippines MTSgt Levis E Giffen 01/09/45 Philippines FM1C Carl F Girardot, Jr 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl James D Grahnert 12/14/44 Philippines Sgt Olaf W Hagemo 02/02/45 Philippines Sgt William L Hammock, Jr 12/14/44 Philippines Cpl Charles W Hanson 12/15/44 Philippines Cpl Harlan D Harter 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Shelton Hartzog 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Wayne D Hashagen 07/16/42 Philippines PFC Stephen S Haynes 07/30/45 Philippines PFC John E Heckle 12/08/42 Philippines Maj John J Heil 01/19/45 Philippines Sgt Raymond A Helmick 10/24/44 Philippines Sgt Phillip H Helms 04/29/42 Philippines Sgt Ollie H Hill 03/20/45 Philippines Sgt Earl R Hobbs 10/24/44 Philippines Sgt Harry M Howard 07/20/43 Philippines Cpl Uri L Huckabay 10/24/44 Philippines Capt Clyde R Huddelson 01/16/45 Philippines PFC William C Ivarsen 03/31/45 Philippines PFC Howard E James 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl Earl E Joyner 12/14/44 Philippines Cpl Jarvis M Kapplinger 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl Robert J Keller 03/08/43 Philippines TSgt Leon Konesky 06/10/42 Philippines PFC Emmett E Kumm 08/12/45 Philippines Cpl Lyman L Lane 11/22/42 Philippines Cpl Presnell Lee 05/29/42 Philippines PFC Otto J Leitner 06/12/42 Philippines PFC Carl E Logan 01/09/45 Philippines Pvt Douglas R Looney 06/26/42 Philippines Pvt Allen R Lucas 08/06/43 Philippines PFC Wilson Lydic 06/03/42 Philippines 1stSgt Sherman P MacDonald 10/30/42 Philippines 1stLt Ralph C Mann, Jr 06/11/43 Philippines PFC Trancito G Marquez 10/24/44 Philippines GySgt William E Marshall 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Harold T Matz 04/23/42 Philippines Cpl James P Maxwell, Jr 09/07/44 Philippines PFC Thomas L McGee 07/26/44 Philippines Capt Benjamin L McMakin 12/31/44 Philippines PFC Lawrence W Merrell 01/21/43 Philippines PFC Edward E Middleton 11/11/42 Philippines PFC Walter F Mikucki 03/11/43 Philippines PFC Carl J Miller 12/07/42 Philippines Sgt Robert A Miller 01/02/43 Philippines 1stSgt Wayne K Miller 01/09/45 Philippines 1stLt Albert W Moffett 01/21/45 Philippines PFC Gerald L Moore 04/22/42 Philippines PFC Veri W Murphy 12/29/41 Philippines PFC Sylvester E Murray 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Charles W Nelson 12/26/42 Philippines SSgt Robert M Null 11/23/44 Philippines Capt Hugh R Nutter 01/09/45 Philippines MGySgt James N Olmstead 12/31/44 Philippines 1stSgt Joseph Pearlstein 10/19/43 Philippines 1stLt Michael E Peshek 01/21/45 Philippines Pvt Grover W Pool 05/08/42 Philippines PFC William R Porche 10/24/44 Philippines Sgt Lee A Preston 12/24/42 Philippines Cpl Granville J Rice 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl Douglas S Robertson 07/29/43 Philippines PFC Francis E Robison 10/24/44 Philippines Fld Cook Edwin J Rotter 01/14/45 Philippines PFC Albert Ruzicka 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Donald F Scott 08/26/42 Philippines PFC Harold V Selby 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl John F Sirota 10/24/44 Philippines PltSgt John C Sloan 02/19/43 Philippines FM1C Hobert L Smith, Jr 10/24/44 Philippines MSgt Leon R Stewart 11/04/44 Philippines Cpl Thomas L Stewart 07/29/45 Philippines PFC John B Stokes 10/24/44 Philippines PFC Donald E Stone 03/28/42 Philippines SSgt Mickee Sugars 07/27/43 Philippines Sgt Durwood R Sulier 12/26/42 Philippines 1stLt Hugh A Tistadt, Jr 03/31/45 Philippines Cpl Thomas D Toohig 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl Peter J Trupiano 10/24/44 Philippines PltSgt Frank Ussery 05/20/43 Philippines PFC Jerome A Van Hoenacker 10/24/44 Philippines Capt Lloyd E Wagner 01/09/45 Philippines PFC John O Warren 12/14/44 Philippines Cpl Lawrence E Webber 12/31/44 Philippines PFC Seldon T White 07/07/43 Philippines PFC Wilbur W White 10/24/44 Philippines Cpl George J Worrick 01/07/43 Philippines Cpl Albert J Yamolovich 10/24/44 Philippines
