Donald Leroy Truesdell-Lugoff, SC
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Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Vicinity Constancia, Nicaragua on April 24, 1932. He was also known as Donald Leroy Truesdale. He attained the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. He is buried in Saint Johns Methodist Church Cemetery, Lugoff SC.
Waymark Code: WMWT8E
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2017
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He was born on August 26, 1906 in Lugoff, SC and died on September 21, 1993 in Lugoff, SC. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: TRUESDELL, DONALD LEROY
• Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
• Place and date: Vicinity Constancia, near Coco River, northern Nicaragua, 24 April 1932
• Entered service at: South Carolina
• (Name officially changed to Truesdale)
Citation: Cpl. Truesdale was second in command of a Guardia Nacional Patrol in active operations against armed bandit forces in the vicinity of Constancia, near Coco River, northern Nicaragua, on 24 April 1932. While the patrol was in formation on the trail searching for a bandit group with which contact had just previously been made, a rifle grenade fell from its carrier and struck a rock, igniting the detonator. Several men close to the grenade at the time were in danger. Cpl. Truesdale, who was several yards away, could easily have sought cover and safety for himself. Knowing full well the grenade would explode within 2 or 3 seconds, he rushed for the grenade, grasped it in his right hand, and attempted to throw it away from the patrol. The grenade exploded in his hand, blowing it off and inflicting serious multiple wounds about his body. Cpl. Truesdale, in taking the full shock of the explosion himself, saved the members of the patrol from loss of life or serious injury.
Armed Service: Marines
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