Colonel Henry A Mucci served in the U.S. Army for 10 years and 10 months. Henry served with the 98th Field Artillery Battalion. Henry served in World War II and the Cold War. Henry was 86 years old.
Henry Andrews Mucci was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and graduated from West Point in 1936. In February 1943 he took command of the 98th Field Artillery Battalion, and turned it into the 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion.
In October 1944 his Rangers seized the islands at the mouth of Leyte Gulf ahead of the American return to the Philippines. On 30 January 1945 he led the raid on the Japanese prison camp at Cabanatuan, on Luzon. With Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas, his Rangers crossed behind enemy lines, overwhelmed the guards and brought out more than five hundred American and Allied prisoners, survivors of Bataan and Corregidor. He received the Distinguished Service Cross.
He left the Army as a colonel after the war. He died at Melbourne, Florida, on 20 April 1997 and lies in the cemetery at West Point.
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98th Field Artillery BattalionCommander
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6th Ranger Infantry BattalionCommander; led the Cabanatuan raid
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For service and achievement
Bronze Star Medal 1 oak leaf cluster ×2
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Foreign awards
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Laid nearby · Section XXXII
13 others are held in this section; the nearest 12 by row and grave.
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