unit citation. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines have been awarded the following: Medal of Honor Ten Marines and two Sailors have been awarded the Medal of Honor while serving with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines. Battle of Guadalcanal Sgt Mitchell Paige – 26 October 1942 Battle of Peleliu PFC Charles H. Roan – 18 September 1944 (posthumously) PFC John D. New – 25 September 1944 (posthumously) Korean War Cpl Lee H. Phillips – 4 November 1950 (posthumously) SSgt Robert S. Kennemore – 27–28 November 1950 PFC Hector A. Cafferata Jr. – 28 November 1950 Capt William E. Barber – 28 November-2 December 1950 Sgt Daniel P. Matthews – 28 March 1953 (posthumously) Hospitalman Richard De Wert USN – 5 April 1951 (posthumously) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class William R. Charette, USN – 27 March 1953 SSgt Ambrosio Guillen – 25 July 1953 (posthumously) Vietnam War PFC Oscar P. Austin – 23 February 1969 (posthumously) Other notable former personnel Henry H. Black – 2nd Battalion 7th Marines Sergeant Major, who also served as the 7th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1977. James Brady – served with 2/7 during the Korean War, including platoon commander and executive officer with D Company and battalion intelligence officer. Ronald D. Castille – served with 2/7 during the Vietnam War. John Chafee – served with 2/7 during the Korean War. Herman H. Hanneken, Medal of Honor, Battalion Commander on Guadalcanal. Angel Mendez – Navy Cross, Vietnam War. Anthony Swofford – served with 2/7 during the Gulf War. Roy Tackett – served with 2/7 during World War II. John A. Toolan – Golf Company, 2/7 company commander 1982–1984 Paul K. Van Riper, Battalion Commander 1983–1985 John H. Yancey – served with E Company in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, earning a Navy Cross and Silver Star. In popular culture One of the subplots in Season 1 Episode 10 of the television series The West Wing, In Excelsis Deo, centers around Toby Ziegler getting involved in the fate of a dead homeless person who Zeigler identifies to the police as a former Marine and Korean War veteran by a 2/7 tattoo on the dead man's arm. 2/7 is highlighted in a 2008 deployment to Afghanistan in the book '15 Years of War' where the Marines fought one of the most arduous battles the Marine Corps has seen in Now Zad, Afghanistan. A documentary titled The Forgotten Battalion