- SURNAME
McCarthy
- FORENAME
Malcolm Noel
- UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company P)
- RANK
1st Lieutenant
- NUMBER
0-13124
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Bairoko Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. 20th July 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 26.12.1919 San Francisco, California, USA
father Clarence Raymond McCarthy (1890-1954)
mother Alice Mable (nee Tierney) McCarthy (1893-1990)
01.07.1941 draft card San Francisco, California
WIA Bairoko Harbour
WIA Okinawa
awarded Bronze Star (source Obituary)
graduated University of San Francisco
graduated USF Law School
wife Barbara Ann (nee Snell) McCarthy
3 children (Clifford, Sally & Malcolm)
wife Maidie (nee Oppenheimer) McCarthy
died 09.09.1994 (Aged 74) Marin County, California, USA
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, California, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to First Lieutenant Malcolm N. McCarthy (MCSN: 0-13124), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for gallantry in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, in skillfully and aggressively leading his men forward under heavy enemy machine-gun, rifle and mortar fire, personally locating and effecting the destruction of two hostile machine-gun positions and in refusing to be evacuated when wounded on 20 July 1943.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/37614FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104750787/malcolm-noel-mccarthy
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