This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REID Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DVCBAEB/2543 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. REID, GEORGE CROGHAN Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 9 December 1876, Lorain, Ohio. Appointed from: Ohio. G.O. No.: 177, 4 December 1915. Citation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914; was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion; was in the righting of both days and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. His cool judgment and courage and his skill in handling his men in encountering and overcoming the machinegun and rifle fire down Cinco de Mayo and parallel streets account for the small percentage of the losses of marines under his command. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA Born: 1876 LORAIN, OHIO Died: 1961 Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/arlington/reid_george.html