Killed in action. Plaque has been stolen from his stone.
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
2d Marine Brigade (Nicaragua),
Date of Action: December 31, 1930
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Irving W. Aron, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while a member of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. The patrol of which he was a member, while on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force of bandits, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, Private First Class Aron took up a position alongside the trail and returned the fire. After maintaining his position for about an hour he was seriously wounded in the arm. Without regard for his personal safety and disregarding his wound, he took up the fire with his pistol in his left hand and continued to assist in the defense until he was killed. Private First Class Aron's conduct during this action was of the highest order and beyond the ordinary call of duty.
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 219757 ACE-jfb
Born: at Brooklyn, New York
Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
2d Marine Brigade (Nicaragua),
Date of Action: December 31, 1930
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Irving W. Aron, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while a member of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. The patrol of which he was a member, while on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force of bandits, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, Private First Class Aron took up a position alongside the trail and returned the fire. After maintaining his position for about an hour he was seriously wounded in the arm. Without regard for his personal safety and disregarding his wound, he took up the fire with his pistol in his left hand and continued to assist in the defense until he was killed. Private First Class Aron's conduct during this action was of the highest order and beyond the ordinary call of duty.
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 219757 ACE-jfb
Born: at Brooklyn, New York
Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Killed in action. Plaque has been stolen from his stone.
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
2d Marine Brigade (Nicaragua),
Date of Action: December 31, 1930
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Irving W. Aron, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while a member of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. The patrol of which he was a member, while on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force of bandits, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, Private First Class Aron took up a position alongside the trail and returned the fire. After maintaining his position for about an hour he was seriously wounded in the arm. Without regard for his personal safety and disregarding his wound, he took up the fire with his pistol in his left hand and continued to assist in the defense until he was killed. Private First Class Aron's conduct during this action was of the highest order and beyond the ordinary call of duty.
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 219757 ACE-jfb
Born: at Brooklyn, New York
Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
2d Marine Brigade (Nicaragua),
Date of Action: December 31, 1930
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Irving W. Aron, Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while a member of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. The patrol of which he was a member, while on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force of bandits, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, Private First Class Aron took up a position alongside the trail and returned the fire. After maintaining his position for about an hour he was seriously wounded in the arm. Without regard for his personal safety and disregarding his wound, he took up the fire with his pistol in his left hand and continued to assist in the defense until he was killed. Private First Class Aron's conduct during this action was of the highest order and beyond the ordinary call of duty.
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 219757 ACE-jfb
Born: at Brooklyn, New York
Home Town: Brooklyn, New York
Gravesite Details
Index Card AR 26 of 34
