- SURNAME
Navin
- FORENAME
Cecil Ashby
- UNIT
504 Parachute Infantry Regiment
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
33738001
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Europe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Washington, D.C.
born 23.01.1918, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
father Arthur C. Navin
mother Lila M. (nee Conley)
1 year college
civil occupation Draftsmen
employed by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
single with dependents upon enlistment
02.03.1941 married Mildred Ellen Wisdom
1941 draft card Washington, D.C.
23.03.1943 entered service Fort Myer, Virigina
12.1944 WIA
03.1945 discharged hospital
24.10.1945 discharged
10.08.2004 died Clackamas, Oregon (Aged 86)
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 to Private Cecil A. Navin (ASN: 33738001), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 22 December 1944, near ****, Belgium. Dug in with the forward elements of his unit, Private Navin discovered an enemy Mark V Tank charging forward, reinforced by infantry with the intention of overrunning the platoon defense line. With great courage Private Navin waited until the tank was almost upon him before climbing from his foxhole to fire his bazooka. The first shell disabled the tank turret and forced it to withdraw. Private Navin was in the act of reloading his weapon for another shot when he was wounded by direct fire from the tank's 75-mm. gun. The courage and determined aggressiveness demonstrated by Private Navin was responsible for eliminating a severe threat to the security of his company and was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Airborne Forces.
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