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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private

    Batallion:

    1st Marine Raider Battalion

    Action Date:

    August 7, 1942

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private Vincent H. D. Cassidy, Jr. (MCSN: 354647), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Company B, First Marine Raider Battalion during action against enemy Japanese forces on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 August 1942. When the advance of his squad was halted by intense machine-gun and rifle fire from hostile troops concealed in a cave, Private Cassidy, with complete disregard for his own personal safety, fought his way to the mouth of the hideout and threw in hand grenades, thus neutralizing the enemy fire sufficiently to allow his squad to advance and destroy the Japanese gun emplacement. His heroic conduct was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.