Raymond M. Clausen Jr. Military person
Raymond Michael Clausen Jr. (October 14, 1947 – May 30, 2004) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam in January 1970. On a mission to rescue Marines from a minefield, under heavy enemy fire, he carried out one dead and eleven wounded Marines, making six trips through the minefield until every Marine was extracted.
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allegiance | United States of America |
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service start | 1966 |
service end | 1970 |
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Raymond M. Clausen Jr. on Wikipedia
External resources
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070305233008/http:/www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa2006386aa?OpenDocument
- http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Notables/Medal%20of%20Honor/Clausen,RaymondMJr/Clausen,RaymondMJr.shtml
- http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/10/marine_clausen_helo_071006
- http://www.mishalov.com/Clausen.html
- http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Clausen_RM.htm
- http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa2006386aa?OpenDocument