Richard B. Buchanan
Born: at Carbondale, Illinois
Home Town: Norwalk, Connecticut
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 20125 ACE-jfb (15 November 1927)
The Navy Cross is presented to Richard B. Buchanan, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in battle when on the occasion of the engagement at Iz-Paz Centre, Nicaragua, 16 May 1927, during an insurrection in that country, he led his platoon into the city in the face of unequal and unfavorable conditions, and taking station at the head of the leading patrol, heedless of personal danger, directed the operations in a cool and effective manner until he received wounds which resulted in his death.
