{{for|the Samoan rugby union player|Jonathan Meredith (rugby union)}}{{One source|date=January 2024}}{{Infobox military person |name= Jonathan Meredith |birth_date= 1772 |death_date= August 7, {{death year and age|1805|1772}} |birth_place= Bucks County, Pennsylvania |death_place= Tripoli |burial_place= |burial_label= Place of burial |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Marine Corps |service_years= |rank= Sergeant |commands= |battles= First Barbary War |awards= |other_work= }} '''Jonathan Meredith''' (about 1772 – August 7, 1805) was a United States Marine during the First Barbary War.
==Biography== Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Meredith enlisted in the Marine Corps June 6, 1803 and was promoted to Sergeant August 1, of the same year.
During an engagement in the harbor of Tripoli August 3, 1805, Sergeant Meredith saved the life of Lieutenant John Trippe of USS ''Vixen'', who with a party of nine men had boarded a Tripolitan ship. Heavily outnumbered, the boarding party fought a fierce hand-to-hand combat, in which Trippe was severely wounded; Meredith protected him from what would have been the final blow. Four days later Meredith was killed in the explosion of Gunboat No. 3 during a similar attack against the Tripolitans.
==Namesakes== See USS ''Meredith'' for ships that have been named in his honor.
==See also== {{Portal|Biography}}
==References== :{{DANFS}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050226121548/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m9/meredith-i.htm history.navy.mil: USS ''Meredith'']
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meredith, Jonathan}} Category:United States Marines Category:People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Category:1770s births Category:1805 deaths Category:American military personnel of the First Barbary War
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