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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    1st Marine Parachute Battalion

    Action Date:

    November 29, 1943

    Commander South Pacific: Serial 0058 (January 4, 1944)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class John D. Burg (MCSN: 441521), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the First Marine Parachute Battalion I action against numerically superior enemy Japanese forces near Koi-ari, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, on 29 November 1943. Although severely wounded while his platoon was under heavy enemy machine-gun, rifle and mortar fire, Private First Class Burg voluntarily returned to his post on the front line immediately after receiving medical attention and remained in his hazardous position throughout many hours of continuous, intense fighting. His valiant conduct and unselfish devotion to duty under extremely difficult conditions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.