Gurke, Henry b. November 6, 1922 d. November 9, 1943 World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as Private First Class in Company M, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Raider Regiment of the I Marine Amphibious Corps. On November 9, 1943 he was in a shallow two-man foxhole with a fellow Marine, delivering a fierce stream of fire against the advancing Japanese in defense of a road block in the area near Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville Island. Concluding from the grenade barrages that the enemy was determined to annihilate their...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Neche Union Cemetery, Neche, Pembina County, North Dakota, USA
b. November 6, 1922 d. November 9, 1943