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Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor.He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
The Butcher's Boy (1963) ... Sgt. Davey McCain; 1963: The Fugitive (deputy) Jackson: One-time role in episode 3 "The Other Side of the Mountain" 1963: Death Valley Days: Diamondfield Jack: Episode: Diamond Field Jack aired October 1, 1963 1964: The Andy Griffith Show: Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter: One-time role in episode "Gomer Pyle – USMC ...
Alexander Basil Matthews (November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018), commonly known as Al Matthews, was an American actor, singer, and radio personality. [1] He was best known for his appearance as Gunnery sergeant Apone in the 1986 film Aliens .
Ruby G. Bradley (1907–2002), colonel; with 34 medals, one of the most decorated women in US military history; Alfred Winsor Brown (1885–1938), US Navy Captain who served as 31st Naval Governor of Guam; Ron Brown, (1942–1996), former US Army Captain, served as the United States Secretary of Commerce, former chairman of the DNC, died in a ...
John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Cut off from the other units of his platoon when his tank was put out of action by a battery of enemy 77-mm. guns, Gunnery Sergeant McCard carried on resolutely, bringing all the tank's weapons to bear on the enemy, until the severity of hostile fire caused him to order his crew out the escape hatch while he courageously exposed himself to ...
The pilot of his plane, Lt Ralph Talbot of Weymouth, Massachusetts, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for this same action, was killed in a plane crash a few days later. He was honorably discharged in 1919 as a gunnery sergeant and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. His retirement was effected in May ...
St. Elmo Murray Haney (April 1898 – January 31, 1979) was a master gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. [1] [2] As a veteran of many early campaigns in the Marine Corps, he was considered the epitome of the "old breed" Marine and a source of inspiration during the tough battles of the Pacific Campaign in World War II.