Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    3d Battalion

    Regiment:

    21st Marines

    Division:

    3d Marine Division

    Action Date:

    July 25, 1944

    Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific: Serial 00435

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant William J. Fox (MCSN: 0-21404), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Platoon Leader of Company K, Third Battalion, Twenty-first Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Guam, Mariana Islands, 25 July 1944. When the enemy’s seizure of a sector of the lines threatened a collapse of our entire position, Second Lieutenant Fox promptly led a hastily organized detail in charging a hostile ridge. Engaging the enemy in a fierce hand-to-hand struggle, he succeeded in recapturing his section of machine guns and in reorganizing the line. By his leadership, daring initiative and devotion to duty, Second Lieutenant Fox upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.