About: Arthur Murray Preston   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/57M61t8UhqnTfVDn1WHt-A==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Arthur Murray Preston (November 1, 1913 – January 7, 1968) was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1931. Preston reached the rank of commander before leaving the Navy. He died at age 54 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Arthur Murray Preston
rdfs:comment
  • Arthur Murray Preston (November 1, 1913 – January 7, 1968) was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1931. Preston reached the rank of commander before leaving the Navy. He died at age 54 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
sameAs
Unit
  • Torpedo Boat Squadron 33
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
serviceyears
  • 1940(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1913-11-01(xsd:date)
Branch
Name
  • Arthur Murray Preston
Birth Place
  • Maryland
Awards
death date
  • 1968-01-07(xsd:date)
Rank
Allegiance
Battles
placeofburial
abstract
  • Arthur Murray Preston (November 1, 1913 – January 7, 1968) was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1931. Preston joined the Navy from Washington, D.C. in September 1940, and by September 16, 1944 was serving as a lieutenant in Torpedo Boat Squadron 33. On that day, Preston commanded two PT boats in the successful rescue of a downed Navy pilot in Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island in Indonesia, despite intense fire from Japanese forces. He was subsequently promoted to lieutenant commander and awarded the Medal of Honor. Preston reached the rank of commander before leaving the Navy. He died at age 54 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software