William D. Halyburton Jr.

William David Halyburton Jr.
PhM2 William Halyburton Jr., U.S. Navy Reserve
Medal of Honor recipient
Born(1924-08-02)August 2, 1924
Canton, North Carolina
DiedMay 10, 1945(1945-05-10) (aged 20)
Okinawa, Japan
Place of burial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
AllegianceUnited States of America
Branch United States Navy
Service years1943–1945
RankPharmacist's Mate Second Class
Unit2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
ConflictsWorld War II
 • Battle of Okinawa  †
AwardsMedal of Honor
Purple Heart Medal

William David Halyburton Jr. (October 2, 1924 – May 10, 1945) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company. He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on May 10, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.

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