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Guy Wilkinson Castle graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1901. He retired as a U.S. Navy Commander.

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Action Date:

    April 21 – 22, 1914

    War Department, General Orders No. 177 (December 4, 1915)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle, United States Navy, for distinguished conduct in battle during the engagements of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914. Eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion, Lieutenant Castle was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions were marked.