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OFFICIAL CITATION

FOR VALOR

GENERAL RAYMOND G. DAVIS, KOREAN WAR 1950-1954

AWARDS: Medal of Honor,

Two Silver Star medals,

Legion of Merit, Combat V.

& Bronze Star, Combat V.

BORN: January 13, 1915 in

Fitzgerald, Georgia.

DIED: September 3, 2003 in

Conyers, Georgia.

SERVICE: Korean War

1950-1954 Commanding

Officer, 1st Marine Division,
He earned the Nation's highest
7th Marines.
decoration for heroism, the Medal

of Honor, during the 1st Marine
ACTIVE DUTY: May 1939
Division's historic fight to break
to March 1972, United
out of the Chosin Reservoir area.
States Marine Corps four-
There, against overwhelming
star-general who had served
odds, he led his battalion in a
in World War II, the Korean
terrific four-day battle which
War, and the Vietnam War.
saved a rifle company from
And was appointed as
annihilation and opened a
Assistant Commandant of
mountain pass for the escape of

the Marine Corps.
two trapped Marine regiments.