Robert J. Archibald
Born: 4/27/1892 at Wheeling, West Virginia
Home Town: Wheeling, West Virginia
Navy Cross
Second Nicaraguan Campaign
U.S. Marine Corps
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 021-1&3 ACE-jfb (16 July 1929)
The Navy Cross is presented to Robert J. Archibald, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as an aviator attached to the Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps operating in the Republic of Nicaragua from March, 1927 to July, 1928. Captain Archibald worked unceasingly under the most trying weather conditions, keeping the material in his charge in order and operating against armed groups of bandits in the vicinity of Nueva Segovia. He assisted and cooperated with the ground forces in every way possible, and by his acts of valor inspired all members of the Brigade.