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United States Navy Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Lt. Adolphus Staton
Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, on August 28, 1879. He was a student at the Virginia Military Institute in 1896-97, the University of North Carolina in 1897-98 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1902.
He also received a LLB degree from George Washington University Law School in 1917, and graduated from the Naval War College in 1921 and the Army War College in 1932. He served on various ships during World War I, but was most famous in the Navy for his actions in Mexico in 1915, where he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and other awards. Following his naval service, he was Vice President of Falkland Real Estate in Maryland. He died on June 4, 1964 and was buried in Section 4 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Papers of Adolphus Staton , primarily relating to Staton's naval career, including personal and official correspondence, some with prominent military, naval, and political figures, including Calvin Coolidge, H. G. Rickover, and Josephus Daniels; and reports, clippings, newsletters, and other official publications of the U.S. Navy. Topics of interest include Staton's command of various destroyers; Navy bureaucracy, relations with other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and internal politics; Staton's experiences in the Asiatic fleet, especially in China during the civil unrest of the 1920s; and his shore duty at the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Navigation, where he handled naval discipline and legal affairs. There is also personal correspondence with friends and family discussing family matters, financial matters, and social news; scattered bills and receipts; and three volumes of scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and other memorabilia pertaining to Staton's naval career, 1918-1936. Rank and organization: Lieutenant , U.S. Navy.
Born: 28 August 1879, Tarboro, NC. Died: 1964
CITATION:
For distinguished conduct in battle, engagement of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 22 April 1914; was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion. He exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through the action of the 22nd and in the final occupation of the city.
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