Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle Commander, United States Navy |
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on February 8, 1880, he was a 1901 graduate of the United States Naval
Academy. He was awarded the while serving
as a Lieutenant at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on April 21-22, 1914 for "distinguished
conduct in battle, engagement of Vera Cruz."
He died at sea on August 10, 1919 and was subsequently
buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
CASTLE, GUY WILKINSON STUART Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Born: 8 February 1880. Appointed from: Wisconsin. G.O. No.: 177, 4 December 1915. Citation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements
of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Eminent and conspicuous in command
of his battalion, Lt. Castle was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited
courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse,
he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed
fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions
were marked.
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