Media Advisory: Coast Guard hosts wreath laying for 80th Douglas Munro Memorial Ceremony in Cle Elum, WA

Media Advisory

U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest Contact: 13th District Public Affairs Office: (206) 220-7237 After Hours: (206) 220-7237 13th District online newsroom

Media Advisory: Coast Guard hosts wreath laying for 80^th Douglas Munro Memorial Ceremony in Cle Elum, WA

Who: Signalman 1^st Class Douglas A. Munro, the U.S. Coast Guard’s only recipient of the Medal of Honor

What: 80^th anniversary ceremony commemorating the service and sacrifice of Munro evacuating Marines at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, on Sept. 27, 1942.

When: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, Wreath laying at 11 a.m.

Where: Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery, 119 West First St., Cle Elum, WA 98922

Ceremony will also stream live on the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/USCGPNW, as well as by DVIDS webcast via www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29503.

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard will perform a wreath-laying ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 27, in remembrance of the U.S. Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient at the Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery in Cle Elum.

Every year the Coast Guard, the City of Cle Elum and distinguished guests commemorate the service and sacrifice of Munro at the cemetery in Cle Elum.

Munro, a native of Cle Elum, gave his life evacuating elements of the 1^st Battalion, 7^th Marines commanded by Lt. Col. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, on Sept. 27, 1942. The medal was given to Douglas Munro's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Munro of South Cle Elum, Washington, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a ceremony at the White House on Thursday, May 27, 1943.

Go to https://www.facebook.com/USCGPNW to view the 80th anniversary ceremony.

 

For more information, contact Chief Petty Officer William Colclough, 13^th Coast Guard District, at 206-510-8805, or email William.R.Colclough@uscg.mil. RSVP by 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26.

 

 

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