| Private First Class Charlie R.
Benner |
Class
of 2005
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United States Marine Corps
Navy Cross |
Citation
For extraordinary heroism while serving with a Marine Rifle
Platoon of Company L, Third Battalion, First Marines, First
Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on
Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 12 May 1945. Severely wounded in
the leg and lying on a stretcher, Private First Class
Benner noticed two enemy riflemen working their way
toward his Company Command Post. Painfully leaving his stretcher,
he courageously crawled forty yards to throw a hand grenade,
killing the advancing enemy and preventing the attack on the
command post. His personal valor and devotion to duty were
in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States
Naval Service.
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