While adjusting supporting arms fire, Captain Livingston moved to the points of heaviest resistance, shouting words of encouragement to his Marines, directing their fire, and spurring the dwindling momentum of the attack on repeated occasions. Ignoring hostile rounds impacting near him, he fearlessly led his men in a savage assault against enemy emplacements within the village. Skillfully employing screening agents, Captain Livingston maneuvered his men to assault positions across 500 meters of dangerous open rice paddy while under intense enemy fire. On, Company E launched a determined assault on the heavily fortified village of Dai Do, which had been seized by the enemy on the preceding evening isolating a Marine company from the remainder of the battalion. The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR toįor service as set forth in the following CITATION:įor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Commanding Officer, Company E, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade in action against enemy forces in the Republic of Vietnam.
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in November 1968 and completed the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, VA. On, while serving as Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, he distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces, and earned the Medal of Honor. Promoted to captain in June 1966, Capt Livingston served as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp, before joining the 3rd Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.
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Livingston's early assignments included service as a platoon commander, intelligence officer and as a Recruit Training Regiment series commander. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in June 1962. In 1962, Livingston earned a B.S degree in civil engineering from Auburn University.
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He entered North Georgia College and State University (The Military College of Georgia) in 1957 and was a member of the schools nationally recognized Corps of Cadets until he transferred to pursue a major that the school did not offer. He graduated from Lumber City High School in 1957. James Livingston was born on 12 January 1940 in Towns, GA. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions in 1968 during the Vietnam War. Major General James Everett Livingston is a retired U.S.