Notable Members
- LCpl Christopher Adlesperger – recipient of the Navy Cross for combat in Fallujah 2004
- Sgt R.V. Burgin – Author of Islands of the Damned; Bronze Star for Combat in Battle of Okinawa; Recipient of the Purple Heart
- Brian Chontosh – recipient of the Navy Cross for combat in Iraq 2003
- Cpl Jason Scot Clairday – recipient of the Navy Cross for combat in Fallujah 2004
- Capt Andrew Haldane – Commanding officer of K company for the Battle of Cape Gloucester and most of the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. Recipient of the Silver Star for leading hand-to-hand combat in an attempt to capture an airfield on Cape Gloucester. A highly revered Marine Officer, Cpl Eugene Sledge's book With the Old Breed is dedicated to him.
- Cpl Mark C. Jones – recipient of Navy Cross for combat in Iraq
- Cpl Jack A. Davenport – posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War
- PFC Fernando Luis García – posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War
- Jarrett Kraft – recipient of the Navy Cross for combat in Fallujah 2004
- SSgt Raymond Plouhar – featured in the Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11
- Fausto E. Marte – Recipient of the Silver Star recipient of the Purple Heart Classified.
- Cpl Eugene Sledge – author of With the Old Breed
- Col Robert Taplett – commander of the battalion, recipient of the Navy Cross for combat in the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War
- Matt Larsen – creator of the US Army Combatives program
- Jeremiah Workman – recipient of the Navy Cross for his valor during the Battle of Fallujah, author of the memoir Shadow of the Sword
- Sgt Matthew T. Abbate – posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross during Operation Enduring Freedom 10-2
- Sgt. Jason G. Amores – posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for actions during deployment to Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. KIA 1/20/2011.Recipient of the Purple Heart
- SSgt Sabio A. Lozano – Recipient of the Bronze Star for Valor during Operation Phantom Fury), recipient of the Purple Heart
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