WWI · Battle Death Record
Orlando Crowther
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps · Illinois
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Orlando Crowther
- Entered the Service From
- Illinois
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Unit / Regiment
- 67th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- June 6, 1918
- Awards
- Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross
- Burial / Memorial
- Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France
- Grave
- Plot B, Row 7, Grave 66
Their story
First Lieutenant Orlando C. Crowther led the 67th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, in the June 6, 1918 assault on Hill 142 at Belleau Wood. After the men near him had been killed or wounded, he single-handedly captured a German machine gun and its crew, and was killed while attempting to take a second position. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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