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Robert M. McTureous Jr. was born on 26 March, 1924 in Altoona, Florida, United States, is an A United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients. Discover Robert M. McTureous Jr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 21 years old?

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Age 21 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 26 March, 1924
Birthday 26 March
Birthplace Altoona, Florida, United States
Date of death 11 June, 1945
Died Place USS Relief (AH-1), off Okinawa, Japan
Nationality United States

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1924

Robert Miller McTureous Jr. (March 26, 1924 – June 11, 1945) was a United States Marine and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

Robert Miller McTureous Jr. was born in Altoona, Florida, on March 26, 1924.

1931

On May 31, McTureous became attached to a permanent organization — rifle Company H, 3rd Battalion, 29th Marines (H/3/29) of the 6th Marine Division.

Seven days after joining H/3/29, Pvt McTureous took part in the capture of an important hill on Oroku Peninsula.

The company suffered several casualties during the assault and enemy fire remained so heavy that the wounded Marines could not be evacuated.

His platoon was temporarily pinned down.

Realizing that the wounded must be removed to the rear and the heights must be taken, Pvt McTureous, on his own initiative, filled his pockets with grenades, jammed more of the explosives inside his jacket, and charged up the hill and into the enemy position where he knew the accurate rifle and machine-gun fire was coming from.

Running among the caves, he tossed grenades into the Japanese positions as Marine stretcher-bearers came forward to remove the wounded during the temporary lull caused by his furious one-man assault.

His supply of hand grenades exhausted, he returned to his own lines, took on another load and returned to the caves, smashing his deadly charges into the enemy positions.

Passing one cave, he was badly wounded in the stomach but instead of calling for help and risking other men being hit in attempts to rescue him, he stoically crawled 200 yards to a sheltered place within the Marine lines before asking for aid.

His actions completely silenced the Japanese, killing six of them and so badly disorganizing the remainder of the garrison, that his own company was enabled to occupy the hill and complete its mission.

The earlier wounded were also evacuated to safety due to his self-sacrifice.

1941

He attended the primary schools of Altoona and graduated from high school at Umatilla, Florida, in 1941.

He attended Brewton-Parker Institute at Mount Vernon, Georgia, for one year majoring in mathematics and was on the football and baseball teams.

Also participating in softball, tennis and boxing, he also played the trombone, sang with the Glee Club and with the Double Quartet while at Brewton-Parker.

En route to their destination, the Marines got a look at some of the places that had been making headlines since December 7, 1941.

The first stop was Pearl Harbor and the next Eniwetok.

1942

His hobby was building model airplanes and, in 1942, he served as a Sunday School Superintendent.

Returning to Altoona, he went to work as a night watchman in an orange-packing house at Umatilla for three months.

Classified as 4F by his local Draft Board, he looked for a better job so he could raise enough money to have surgery to correct his disability.

Two operations were necessary and the young man underwent them always with the view of getting into the service when he was able.

For the last eight months that he was a civilian, he worked as a rodman on a surveying team, engaged in road construction for the Florida State Highway Department.

1944

Examined again in August 1944, he was found fit and his induction into the United States Marine Corps followed on August 31, 1944.

Private McTureous was sent to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, for his recruit training where he qualified as a sharpshooter with both the M1 Garand and the Browning Automatic Rifle by virtue of his 291 and 112 scores, respectively.

In his General Classification Test, Pvt McTureous recorded a neat 132 while his Mechanical Aptitude Test was accomplished with a score of 131.

After a ten-day furlough, his only one, the new Marine reported to the 4th Training Battalion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in November.

1945

One month later, he was assigned to the 46th Replacement Draft there, and in March 1945 that unit moved to Camp Pendleton, California.

Pvt McTureous left the United States on March 11, 1945.

They arrived and disembarked at Guam on March 31, 1945, and went into rigid combat training.

The island of Okinawa was invaded by U.S. Marines on April 1, 1945.

When the need for replacements became apparent, Pvt McTureous' draft was sent.

They arrived at Okinawa on May 15, 1945, and plunged into the fighting as a unit.

Pvt McTureous was evacuated to a hospital ship, the USS Relief (AH-1), and given large quantities of blood in an attempt to save his life, but all efforts failed and on the morning of June 11, 1945 he died at sea.

His remains were buried in the 2nd Marine Division Cemetery on Saipan.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company H, Third Battalion, Twenty-ninth Marines, Sixth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa in the Ryūkyū Chain, June 7, 1945.

1946

The Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military award, was presented to Pvt McTureous' parents at a ceremony in Altoona on August 7, 1946.

The presentation was made by LtCol Alexander A. Vandegrift Jr., USMC, commanding officer, Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, the son of the Marine Corps' Commandant Alexander Vandegrift.

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to Private Robert M. McTureous Jr. United States Marine Corps

for service as set forth in the following citation:

1949

Later, in 1949, his remains were reinterred in Glendale Cemetery, Umatilla, Florida.