PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Haldane, Andrew Allison "Ack-Ack"
Date of birth: August 22nd, 1917 (Lawrence/Massachusetts, United States)
Date of death:  October 12th, 1944 (Hill 140/Island Peleliu, Palau)
Buried on:  Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 12.  Grave: 5367.
Nationality:  American
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Captain
Unit: Commanding Officer Company K, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division "The Old Breed", U.S. Marine Corps
Action: Received for gallantry in action at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on January 9 - 10th, 1944.
 
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Captain
Unit: Commanding Officer Company K, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division "The Old Breed", U.S. Marine Corps
Action: Received for gallantry in action at Peleliu, Palau Islands on September 15th - October 12th, 1944.
Details: Second Silver Star Medal received in the form of a golden star to be worn on the ribbon of the first Silver Star medal.
 
     
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Picture source:   - U.S. Marine Corps
Information source(s):   - SLOAN, B., Brotherhood of Heroes, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, United States, 2006.
- The Bowdoin Orient
- Arlington National Cemetery Website
- Military Times Hall of Valor
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