Douglas Albert Munro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Douglas Albert Munro

Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1919

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1942

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Douglas Albert Munro

  • Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) was a United States Coast Guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for an act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II.
  • He is the only person to have received the medal for actions performed during service in the Coast Guard.Munro was born in Canada to an American father and a British mother, and his family moved to the United States when he was a child.
  • He was raised in South Cle Elum, Washington, and attended Central Washington College of Education before volunteering for military service shortly before the United States entered World War II.
  • Munro and his shipmate Raymond Evans were known as the Gold Dust Twins, so-called because they were inseparable.
  • During the Guadalcanal Campaign, Munro was assigned to Naval Operating Base Cactus at Lunga Point, where small boat operations were coordinated.
  • At the Second Battle of the Matanikau in September 1942, he led the extrication of a force of Marines whose position had been overrun by Japanese forces.
  • He died of a gunshot wound at age 22 while using the Higgins boat that he was piloting to shield a landing craft filled with Marines from Japanese fire. Several ships, buildings, and monuments have been dedicated to Munro, and a street in his hometown is named after him in his honor.
  • The anniversary of his death is annually observed in Cle Elum and at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May.
  • His grave has been designated a historical site by Washington state.
  • He is the namesake of the "Douglas Munro March", the Navy League's Douglas A.
  • Munro Award, the Coast Guard Foundation's Douglas Munro Scholarship Fund, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Douglas Munro-Robert H.
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  • He is the only non-Marine to have his name enshrined on the Wall of Heroes of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

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