THE HEROIC STORY OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN CARLTON ROBERT ROUH OF LINDEN WOULD HE WAS HONORED.

 U.S. Marine Corps  Captain Carlton Robert Rouh of Lindenwold, New Jersey, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on September 15, 1944, on Peleliu Island.


Rouh enlisted in the Marine Corps as a private one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor and fought in three Pacific Campaigns.

 He was later given a field commission as a second lieutenant while at a rest camp in Australia. He commanded a machine gun platoon during the New Britain campaign and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant by September 15, 1944.

On September 15, on Peleliu Island, Rouh used his body to smother the blast from a Japanese-thrown grenade to save the lives of two of his comrades.

 His abdomen and chest caught the blast, but he still survived. A passing doctor gave him first aid, carrying him to a casualty evacuation point.

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 15, 1944. Following his actions on Peleliu, Rouh was hospitalized and later honorably retired from active duty. 

He was promoted to captain in the Reserves upon his retirement. He died in December 1977 at age 58.

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On this day lost, but never forgotten... William D. Huyler, Jr. was born on March 21, 1944, to William and Josephine Huyler. He had one sister, Nancy. His home of record is Short Hills, NJ.


He graduated from Millburn High School in 1962, where he enjoyed football and biology. He continued his education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1966. While a cadet at VMI, he was a biology major, a member of the student chapter of the Virginia Academy of Science and the VMI Glee Club. VMI later named a scholarship in his honor.

Huyler served in the US Army and attained the rank of Second Lieutenant (2LT).

Huyler was killed in action on September 14, 1967. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He is buried at Christ Church Cemetery in Short Hills, NJ.

William's memory was honored at a public ceremony on May 7, 2004, dedicating a memorial at Millburn High School for former students who had died in the Vietnam War.

Excerpt from letter by Huyler written to his niece, Chris, on September 21, 1967, two days before he was killed in action:

Dear Chris -

This will probably be early but I am leaving tomorrow on a mine sweeping operation with the Infantry and I don't know when I'll be back to base camp.

Base camp is where we live. It is located in Lai Khe, which is North of Ben Cat about 4 miles.

The weather is very hot and humid and rains about 2 times a day.

If you could see some of the little girls and boys who live in Vietnam, you would see how lucky you are. Most of them don't have a chance to go to school because they start work at about four years old. They live on rice and fish.

I am a forward observer with a mechanized infantry unit. That means we ride instead of walk. We mainly clear roads of mines and roadblocks, etc., and escort convoys. It is not a very choice job but the time will pass quickly because I will be busy.

Have a happy birthday and have Mommy and Daddy write and tell me all about what you girls have been doing.

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