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https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Medal-of-Honor-Recipients-By-Unit/PFC-Richard-Edward-Kraus/

https://www.minnesotamedalofhonormemorial.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Kraus-Richard-E.-Bio-July-16.pdf

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/k/kraus-richard-e.html

Private First Class Richard E. Kraus (World War II) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsnelling.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Marine Corps, 8th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, in recognition of prompt action and great personal valor that saved the lives of his companions, at the cost of his own, in Pelelieu, Palau Islands, October 5, 1944.  https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/richard-e-kraus.
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