Samuel Gross-Philadelphia, PA
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Haitian Campaign 1915 Medal of Honor Recipient for action in the attack on Fort Riviere, Haiti on November 17, 1915. He served as an alias and is real name was Samuel Marguiles. He is buried in Har Nebo Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA in Section I, Lot 50.
Waymark Code: WMXZ43
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2018
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He was born on May 9, 1891 in Philadelphia PA and died on September 13, 1934 in Coatesville, PA. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: GROSS, SAMUEL
• Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps, 23d Co.
• Real name: Marguiles, Samuel
• Accredited to: Pennsylvania
Citation: In company with members of the 5th, 13th, 23d Companies and the marine and sailor detachment from the U.S.S. Connecticut, Gross participated in the attack on Fort Riviere, Haiti, 17 November 1915. Following a concentrated drive, several different detachments of marines gradually closed in on the old French bastion fort in an effort to cut off all avenues of retreat for the Caco bandits. Approaching a breach in the wall which was the only entrance to the fort, Gross was the second man to pass through the breach in the face of constant fire from the Cacos and, thereafter, for a 10-minute period, engaged the enemy in desperate hand-to-hand combat until the bastion was captured and Caco resistance neutralized.
Armed Service: Marines
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