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Douglas A. Munro

Douglas A. Munro

Born: 11 October 1919
Died: 27 September 1942
Age: 22 Years 11 Months 16 Days
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People Buried Here
James Munro
Buried Here
1891 - 1962
Edith F. Munro
Buried Here
16 Apr 1895 - 17 Nov 1983
Marion Francis "Mike" Cooley
Buried Here
7 Aug 1918 - 20 Jul 1999
Patricia Edith Sheehan (Munro)
Buried Here
1917 - 2010
John Burton Sheehan
Buried Here
1914 - 1982
Description

SIGNALMAN FIRST CLASS

U.S. COAST GUARD

CLE ELUM, WASHINGTON

COAST GUARD COMBAT VETERANS ASSOCIATION

Edith

LT US COAST GUARD

WORLD WAR II

Marion

THIS LIGHTED FLAGPOLE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF mARION "mIKE" COOLEY

MIKE FAITHFULLY RAISED AND LOWERED THE AMERICAN FLAG DAILY OVER THIS GRAVESITE FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN TRUE DEVOTION AND DEDICATION TO HIS FRIEND

SM1/C DOUGLAS MUNRO, USCG

SEATTLE CHAPTER USCG CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS ASSN

USCG COMBAT VETERANS ASSN

VFW POST 1373 CLE ELUM, WA

mARION

S SGT US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

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James Munro
Buried Here
1891 - 1962
Edith F. Munro
Buried Here
16 Apr 1895 - 17 Nov 1983
Marion Francis "Mike" Cooley
Buried Here
7 Aug 1918 - 20 Jul 1999
Patricia Edith Sheehan (Munro)
Buried Here
1917 - 2010
John Burton Sheehan
Buried Here
1914 - 1982

Life Story

Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) was an American coast guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for a single act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II. As of 2019, he is the only member of the United States Coast Guard to have received the medal.

Born in Canada to an expatriate American father and a British émigré mother, Munro's family repatriated to the United States when he was a child. He was raised in South Cle Elum, Washington and attended Central Washington College of Education before leaving to volunteer for military service on the eve of World War II. During the Second Battle of the Matanikau, Munro was tasked with leading the extrication of a force of United States Marines that had been overrun. He died of gunshot at the age of 22 while using the boat he was piloting to shield from Japanese fire a landing craft of Marines.

Numerous ships and buildings have been named after Munro, and several memorials and monuments dedicated to him. The anniversary of his death is annually observed in Cle Elum, Washington and at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, and his grave has been designated a historical site by the State of Washington. He is the namesake of the "Douglas Munro March", of the Navy League's Douglas A. Munro Award, of the Coast Guard Foundation's Douglas Munro Scholarship Fund, and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Douglas Munro-Robert H. Brooks Post.

"Douglas Albert Munro" Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 22 July 2004. Web. 10 Aug.2004., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Albert_Munro
BillionGraves.com record for Douglas A. Munro (11 October 1919 - 27 September 1942), BillionGraves Record Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Cle Elum, Kittitas, Washington, United States, North America