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IAMS, ROSS LINDSEY; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Haiti

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IAMS, ROSS LINDSEY; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Haiti

Posted: 22 Oct 2006 2:38PM GMT
Classification: Military
Edited: 18 Nov 2006 9:22AM GMT
Surnames: Iams
Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm

Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful.

IAMS, ROSS LINDSEY

Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 5th Co. Born: 5 May 1879, Graysville, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. Citation: In company with members of the 5th, 13th, 23d Companies and marine and sailor detachment from the U.S.S. Connecticut, Sgt. Iams 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, Sgt. Iams unhesitatingly jumped through the breach despite constant fire from the Cacos and engaged the enemy in a desperate hand-to-hand combat until the bastion was captured and Caco resistance neutralized.

Burial: San Diego, CA in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

1881 Graysville, PA - 1952


Additional Information and cemetery monument photo:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_go/iams_...

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