George Raymond Eisele
(1923-1942)
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
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George Raymond "Spud" Eisele (May 15, 1923 - November 12, 1942) was a United States Naval Reserve sailor who was killed in action on November 12, 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Eisele was manning a gunnery station aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38) when a Japanese torpedo plane crashed into his location. Eisele was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "courageously refusing to abandon his gun in the face of an on-rushing Japanese torpedo plane."
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15 May 1923
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12 November 1942 (aged 19)
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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