NCDUs Buffington, Edmund Marwood Ferguson

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  • SURNAME
Buffington
  • FORENAME
Edmund Marwood Ferguson
  • UNIT
U.S.N.R. NCDU-137
  • RANK
Motor Machinists Mate Second Class
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Silver Star
  • PLACE
Normandy 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 16.6.1896, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
father Brooks C. Buffington (1852-1919)
1915 married Ethel Florence (nee Fowler) Buffington (1900-1980)
4 children
>Brooks Robert Buffington (1915-1992)
>Edmund Marwood Ferguson Buffington Jr (1917-1997)
>Harry Alexander Buffington Sr (1919-1994)
>Ethel Florence Buffington (1922-1992)
retired as CMMS
died 5.3.1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Aged 68)
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey. Section Y Site 734
 

CITATION:

Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class Edmund M. F. Buffington, United States Naval Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action as a member of a Naval Combat Demolition Unit which participated in the assault on the Coast of France, 6 June 1944. Assigned to clear enemy obstacles from the beach beginning at H-3 minutes on D-Day, Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class Buffington and the other members of the crew were subjected to heavy enemy artillery and small arms fire and in spite of the intensity of this fire succeeded in blowing a fifty yard gap through the seaward band of obstacles. The crew charged with clearing the inward band of obstacles was unable to complete their task because of heavy enemy gunfire. Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class Buffington was in large part responsible for the success of his crew by his superior conduct under fire. He took upon himself the work of several men and as leading petty officer of the crew was an outstanding example for the rest of the crew. When the man assigned to carry the ring main was unable to fulfill his duties, Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class Buffington himself took the ring main and carried it to the charges where he connected the detonating assemblies and remained as the last man to fire the charge. This was done in addition to his regularly assigned duties. The exceptional courage and outstanding devotion to duty displayed by Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class Buffington, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/308018

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/434356/edmund-marwood_ferguson-buffington
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