S/Sgt Robert C Murray and Sgt Richard W. O'Neill-Hawthorne, NY
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 05.736 W 073° 47.646
18T E 601272 N 4550070
Memorial to Robert C. Murray and Richard W. O'Neill, two Medal of Honor Recipients.The memorial is located inside the entrance of Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne, NY.
Waymark Code: WMY6JG
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2018
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The inscription on the memorial for S'Sgt Murray, a Vietnam War Recipient is: S\Sgt. Murray’s squad was searching for an enemy mortar position when a member of his squad tripped a booby trapped grenade. Instantly assessing the danger to his men, Murray without hesitation or regard for his own safety, threw himself on the grenade absorbing the full and fatal impact of the explosion by his self sacrifice, he prevented the death or injury to members of his squad.
Robert C. Murray is buried in that cemetery in Section 43, Plot 6A, Grave 7.
The inscription on the memorial for Sgt Richard W. O'Neill, a World War I Recipient is: In advance of an assaulting line, Sgt O’Neill attacked a detachment of about 25 enemy soldiers in the ensuing hand-to-hand encounter. He sustained pistol wounds as the advance continued, he received additional wounds but remained in active command of his squad being again wounded. Sgt. O’Neill was forced by loss of blood to be evacuated but insisted first on being taken to his battalion commander to report on the position of his men as well as that of the enemy. (Base) Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
Richard W. O'Neill is buried in that cemetery in Section 22, Plot 488, Grave 19.
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Type of memorial: Monument
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