Gilder D. Jackson Jr.
Gilder Davis Jackson Jr. | |
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6th Marine Regiment The Basic School | |
Battles/wars | World War I
Yangtze Patrol
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Awards | Navy Cross Legion of Merit Silver Star Purple Heart (2) |
Gilder Davis Jackson Jr. (July 5, 1893 – February 19, 1966) was a highly decorated officer of the
Early career
Gilder D. Jackson Jr. was born on July 5, 1893, in
He commanded his platoon as first lieutenant during the
Captain Jackson subsequently participated in the
- Action Date: 18 July 1918
- Name: Gilder D. Jackson Jr.
- Service: United States Marine Corps
- Rank: Captain
- Company: 43rd Company
- Regiment: 5th Marines
- Division: 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces
- Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Major [then Captain] Gilder D. Jackson, Jr. (MCSN: 0-469), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 43d Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., near Vierzy, France, in action early on the morning of 18 July 1918. As Second in Command of the 43d (F) Company, Fifth Marines, while on a mission to establish liaison with a neighboring unit, Major Jackson discovered an enemy battery firing on our supporting tanks from a position concealed in a wheat field. With a splendid display of initiative and leadership, he gathered together a few men whom he organized and most skillfully and gallantly led against this position, capturing many prisoners, including two officers, four pieces of artillery, two mobile trench mortars and undoubtedly saved to the battalion by his timely act the five undamaged tanks that played such an important role in the later action.[1][2]
Interwar period
Jackson remained in the Marine Corps after the War and served with
Later he attended the Advanced course at
World War II
At the time of Japanese
His regiment subsequently participated in the training for combat deployment, which occurred at the beginning of January 1943, when they arrived on
Together with
After the 6th Marines were ordered back to New Zealand on February 19, 1943, and Jackson was placed in hospital. He was found unfit for combat duty and relieved by his
He was subsequently ordered back to the United States together with Brigadier General
Jackson died on February 19, 1966, in Coronado, California, and is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery together with his wife Vesta Elliot Jackson. They had together one son, Gilder D. Jackson III.
Decorations
Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier General Gilder D. Jackson Jr.:[2]
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1st Row | Navy Cross | |||||||||||||||
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2nd Row | Silver Star | Combat "V"
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Oak Leaf Cluster
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Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with one star | ||||||||||||
3rd Row | World War I Victory Medal with five Battle clasps | Army of Occupation of Germany Medal | Yangtze Service Medal | American Defense Service Medal with Base Clasp | ||||||||||||
4th Row | Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three service stars
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American Campaign Medal | World War II Victory Medal
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French Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with Palm and Stars
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-2826-7.
- ^ a b c d "Valor awards for Gilder D. Jackson Jr". valor.militarytimes.com. Militarytimes Websites. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Coronado Eagle and Journal, Number 8, 24 February 1966". cdnc.ucr.edu. Coronado Eagle and Journal Websites. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Marine Corps Chevron, Volume 2, Number 24, 19 June 1943". historicperiodicals.princeton.edu. Marine Corps Chevron – Princeton University Library. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Marine Corps Chevron, Volume 2, Number 22, 5 June 1943". historicperiodicals.princeton.edu. Marine Corps Chevron – Princeton University Library. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Marine Corps Chevron, Volume 2, Number 27, 10 July 1943". historicperiodicals.princeton.edu. Marine Corps Chevron – Princeton University Library. Retrieved 7 January 2017.