Lewis K. Bausell
Military Person
1924 – 1944
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Who was Lewis K. Bausell?
Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell was a United States Marine and posthumous recipient of the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his sacrifice of life, "above and beyond the call of duty", during World War II. During combat at Peleliu, he covered an exploding Japanese hand grenade in order to protect his comrades, and died of his wounds three days later. Bausell was the only enlisted Marine from the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C. to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during World War II.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1924
Pulaski - Also known as
- Lewis Kenneth Bausell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- Sep 18, 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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